Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. An intrinsic reward is the payoff a person receives from others for performing a particular task. 
2. When GE paid employee smokers up to $750 to quit and stay off cigarettes, it was an extrinsic reward. 
3. Managers use motivation to get talented people to come work for them
4. Content perspectives of motivation emphasize the emotions that employees feel in the workplace. 

Answer 1

1. FALSE
An extrinsic reward is the payoff, such as money, a person receives from others for performing a particular task.
2. TRUE
An experiment by General Electric found that paying employees who were smokers up to $750, which is an extrinsic reward, to quit and stay off cigarettes was three times as successful as a comparison group that got no paid incentives.
3. TRUE
As a manager, you want to motivate people to join your organization. You need to instill in talented prospective workers the desire to come to work for you.
4. FALSE
Content perspectives, also known as need-based perspectives, are theories that emphasize the needs that motivate people. Content theorists ask, "What kind of needs motivate employees in the workplace?"