Human Resource Management MCQs

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360-degree appraisal collects feedback from:
External consultants only
The immediate boss only
HR department only
Superiors, peers, subordinates, self and sometimes customers
The 'recency effect' in appraisal means:
Comparing with the previous employee
Giving undue weight to the employee's most recent performance
Rating new employees lower
Rating based on first impression
In Maslow's hierarchy, the need just above 'safety needs' is:
Physiological needs
Self-actualization
Esteem needs
Social (belongingness) needs
According to Herzberg, 'salary' is a:
Hygiene (maintenance) factor
Self-actualization need
Motivator
Growth need
Theory X assumes that the average employee:
Has creativity widely distributed
Dislikes work and must be directed and controlled
Exercises self-direction
Seeks responsibility
Vroom's expectancy theory states that motivation is a function of:
Inputs/outputs comparison
Expectancy × Instrumentality × Valence
Existence, relatedness and growth
Need for achievement, affiliation and power
An employee who compares his input-output ratio with that of colleagues is applying:
Adams' equity theory
Alderfer's ERG theory
Vroom's expectancy theory
McClelland's need theory