PSYCH 338 Midterm: Chapter 1 Revision Sheet

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10 Oct 2016

School

University of Waterloo

Department

Psychology

Course

PSYCH 338

Professor

Doug Brown

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When employers take an interest in workers and make decisions based on their needs, productivity increases. The increased and productivity found in employees when placed in a team/grp. Workers perform better when they are being observed. Personal development and growth as well as employee goal setting are essential to effective businesses. Reducing the amount of time to do work. Max weber created bureaucratic theory, which emphasized the need for a hierarchical structure of power and recognized the importance of division of labour. Protestant ethic diligence, punctuality, deferment of gratification and primacy of the work domain. Duties and responsibilities of office-holder is like contents of drawer. Fra(cid:374)k a(cid:374)d lillia(cid:374) gil(cid:271)reth"s approach was to reduce the #motions to complete work. Time studies: breaking down each job into components and time each to determine the most efficient method of working. Work motion: filming workers and emphasized areas of efficiency improvement by reducing motion.

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18. Dr. Barnes is an organizational psychologist who has just completed a profile of the employees of Alcan. He reports that there is a positive correlation (r = +0.60) between salary and job satisfaction while there is a negative correlation (r = -0.75) between number of hours worked in a week and job satisfaction. Comparing the correlation coefficients, we can conclude that A) high salaries cause greater job satisfaction than less work hours B) less work hours cause greater job satisfaction than high salaries C) there is a stronger association between salary and job satisfaction D) there is a stronger association between number of hours worked and job satisfaction E) no conclusions can be made

18. Dr. Barnes is an organizational psychologist who has just completed a profile of the employees of Alcan. He reports that there is a positive correlation (r = +0.60) between salary and job satisfaction while there is a negative correlation (r= -0.75) between number of hours worked in a week and job satisfaction. Comparing the correlation coefficients, we can conclude that A) high salaries cause greater job satisfaction than less work hours B) less work hours cause greater job satisfaction than high salaries C) there is a stronger association between salary and job satisfaction D) there is a stronger association between number of hours worked and job satisfaction E) no conclusions can be made

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