8. You are acting as manager and mentor to Melanie, an employeewho has been identified as a high achiever. Going by McClelland’sthree-needs theory, which of the following measures would best helpyou motivate Melanie to do her best?

(a) setting goals that are just out of her reach

(b) giving her a managerial position that requires her to helpothers accomplish their goals

(c) giving her a job that holds her personally responsible forfinding solution to problems

(d) promising her a promotion and a raise if she reaches hertargets

9. Which of the following is NOT true about the two-factorytheory?

(a) A job becomes satisfying when the dissatisfyingcharacteristics are removed.

(b) Intrinsic factors are motivators.

(c) Working conditions are characterised as hygiene factors.

(d) Responsibility is a satisfier.

10. The equity theory proposes that ____________.

(a) an employee compares his or her job’s input-outcomes ratiowith that of relevant others and then corrects any inequity

(b) employees are more likely to show initiative at work if theyare more involved in decisions that affect their work

(c) offering employees part of the company’s shares, or equity,motivates them to do their best because their performance directlyties in with the company’s

(d) employees expect that exerting a given amount of effort willlead to a certain level of performance and will be demotivated ifthat does not happen