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Introduction To Human Resource Management 3rd Edition Wilton Test Bank

The document is a test bank for an introduction to human resource management textbook. It contains 17 multiple choice questions testing concepts related to individual employment relationships, motivation theories, and historical perspectives on work including scientific management, Fordism, and post-Fordism.

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Introduction To Human Resource Management 3rd Edition Wilton Test Bank

The document is a test bank for an introduction to human resource management textbook. It contains 17 multiple choice questions testing concepts related to individual employment relationships, motivation theories, and historical perspectives on work including scientific management, Fordism, and post-Fordism.

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Chapter 2: HRM and the Individual


1. The perspective on the employment relationship which views work organisations as made up of
competing interest groups is:
unitarist
Marxist
feminist
*pluralist
2. The perspective on the employment relationship which views work organisations as akin to
‘teams’ or ‘families’ where all members share common interests is:
*unitarist
pluralist
feminist
Marxist
3. Which of the following is used to describe an employment relationship in which each party uses
the other for short-term benefit:
relational
transient
*transactional
fleeting
4. Which of the following was the term used by Frederick Taylor to describe how workers
deliberately underwork:
*systematic soldiering
natural soldiering
social soldiering
dawdling
5. Scientific management is associated with which of the following:
upskilling
*deskilling
reskilling
multi-skilling
6. Elton Mayo is associated with which programme of
research: *Hawthorne experiments
Philadelphia experiments
Chicago experiments
social experiments
7. Which of the following refers to the mode of control associated with allowing workers greater
discretion in their work:
sophisticated responsibility
*responsible autonomy
direct control
individual control
8. Control via the demarcation of responsibility, the construction of internal labour markets and
career structures is referred to as:
technical control
hierarchical control
*bureaucratic control
sectional control
9. Boxall and Purcell (2003) suggest that individual performance is a function of:
*ability, motivation, opportunity
aptitude, motivation, organisation
ability, management, organisation
aptitude, management, opportunity
10. Motivational theories can be divided into which two groups:
process and context
*process and content
progress and content
progress and context
11. Vroom is associated with which motivational
theory: agency theory
*expectancy theory
content theory
hierarchy of needs
12. Which of the following is not associated with Fordism:
standardisation
*flexibility
routinisation
mass production
13. Which of the following is not associated with post-Fordism:
batch production
*task
specialisation high
skill customisation
14. Herzberg (1966) referred to those factors which are prerequisites for individual motivation but
which cannot act as motivators alone, as:
*hygiene factors
satisfiers
elemental factors
maintenance factors
15. Which of the following represents the highest level in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs:
*self-actualisation
physiological
needs esteem
needs safety needs
16. What concept describes an employee’s state of mind that reflects a combination of their
commitment to their employer and the degree to which they are wiling to actively support and
help out colleagues:
*employee engagement
employee expression
employee emancipation
employee awareness
17. What term is used to describe the implicit risks for each party to the employment relationship that
are the domain of ethical decision-making:
moral maze
*moral hazards
mortal dangers
moral compass

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