AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A supervisor who believes in McGregor’s Theory Y will likely monitor employees closely to ensure that their work is completed. Equity theory suggests that an employee’s efforts are influenced by the expected outcome of those efforts.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Herzberg, motivating factors (also called satisfiers) are primarily intrinsic job elements that lead to satisfaction, such as achievement, recognition, the (nature of) work itself, responsibility, advancement, and growth.

Detailed explanation-3: -An assumption of Theory Y is that: people can exercise self-direction and self-control to meet company goals.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Herzberg, a manager who wants to increase employee satisfaction needs to focus on the motivating factors, or satisfiers. A job with many satisfiers will usually motivate workers, provide job satisfaction, and prompt effective performance.

Detailed explanation-5: -Frederick Herzberg theorized that employee satisfaction has two dimensions: “hygiene” and motivation. Hygiene issues, such as salary and supervision, decrease employees’ dissatisfaction with the work environment. Motivators, such as recognition and achievement, make workers more productive, creative and committed.