Question

What effect on power will more alternatives have?

Question 48 options:

	It will decrease power
	Alternatives have no effect on power
	It will cause power to continuously fluctuate (unstable)
	It will increase power

Question 49 (1 point)

Two individuals are often in conflict in your workplace: Person A who is 22 years old and Person B who is 63 years old. How could you potentially categorize the source of their conflict?

Question 49 options:

	Interdependence
	There is no source
	Differentiation
	Incompatible goals

Question 50 (1 point)

Andrew has been employed at IKEA for 10 years. Although his performance has generally been poor, the benefits being offered are too good to quit his job. Hence, IKEA has to contend with a poor performer. Which of the following is a technical term for this phenomenon?

Question 50 options:

	Job Identity
	Motivator-hygiene theory
	Golden handcuffs
	Performance-variability phenomenon

Answer 1

Question 48:

It will cause power to continously fluctuate. If alternatives are there, cances of competition are there and hence power struggles may happen in such situations. Power comes from many factors like individual charisma, personality, knowlege, experience, communication skills etc. Having alternatives for power may not be very good.

Question 49:

Interdependence theory implies that individuals have an impact of other peoples' experiences.

Differenciation deals with the management of human resources by categorizing them based on the value they generate for an organization.

Incompatible goals are when people have conflicting goals. In the question, one man is in his 20s and another one in his 60s. Both these people's goals and outlook towards life will be drastically different which may cause problems if they are not accommodative enough.

Question 50:

Task Identity: This deals with the extend to which a performer understands what he is doing. For exapmple, large jobs will have many tasks with many people working. It will be more satisfying to know what you are doing in that big project and how you are a part of that project rather than doing something mechanically.

Motivator-Hygiene Theory: This deals with the satisfacton and dissatisfaction while performing a work. The motivator is the component that deals with motivating you while hygiene deals with what dissatisfies you.

Golden Handcuffs: This is the money or pay a business pays to its employees not to work elsewhere.

Performance Variability: This deals with the difference in output or productivity of employees depending on any circumstances.

In the question, IKEA is paying the employee a salary that he is not performing for. So this is a case of Golden Handcuffs.