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A force that energises, directs and sustains human behaviour is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The amount of effort a person puts in to reach a level of job performance is work:Read the answer and worked solution →Motivation has two major components: intensity and:Read the answer and worked solution →Theories focusing on what motivates people are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Theories focusing on how people become motivated are called:Read the answer and worked solution →A human condition that becomes energised when a person feels deficient is a:Read the answer and worked solution →McClelland studied three learned needs in depth: achievement, power and:Read the answer and worked solution →McClelland believed the three needs he studied are learned mainly in:Read the answer and worked solution →Of McClelland's three needs, which has the greatest impact?Read the answer and worked solution →An employee who talks a lot, gives orders and argues is showing a need for:Read the answer and worked solution →Maslow proposed how many basic types of human need?Read the answer and worked solution →The idea that thirst takes precedence over social needs is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Maslow's theory differs from earlier ones mainly because it is:Read the answer and worked solution →The need for self fulfilment, at the top of Maslow's pyramid, is:Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike the other needs, self actualisation is:Read the answer and worked solution →To maximise motivation, Maslow's theory says employers should guide workers:Read the answer and worked solution →The theory that compresses Maslow's five categories into three is:Read the answer and worked solution →ERG theory was developed by:Read the answer and worked solution →When a higher need is blocked and attention falls back to a lower one, ERG calls it:Read the answer and worked solution →The motivator hygiene theory was proposed by:Read the answer and worked solution →Factors serving the long term need for psychological growth are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the motivation theoriesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the learned needsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the motivation gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the motivation wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Hygiene or motivatorRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the motivation ideasRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Motivation bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A force that energises, directs and sustains human behaviour is called:

  1. Motivation
  2. Modulation
  3. Moderation
  4. Meditation
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Correct answer: A. Motivation

1. It gets a person moving. 2. It also keeps them going. 3. That force is motivation. _Source: OpenStax Organizational Behavior, Chapter 7, Work Motivation._

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The amount of effort a person puts in to reach a level of job performance is work:

  1. Meditation
  2. Motivation
  3. Modulation
  4. Moderation
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Correct answer: B. Motivation

1. The focus is effort at work. 2. Performance is the target. 3. That is work motivation. _Source: OpenStax Organizational Behavior, Chapter 7, Work Motivation._

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Motivation has two major components: intensity and:

  1. Direction
  2. Dictation
  3. Deduction
  4. Detection
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Correct answer: A. Direction

1. Intensity is how hard someone tries. 2. The other is where the effort points. 3. That component is direction. _Source: OpenStax Organizational Behavior, Chapter 7, Work Motivation._

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