Author Question: If your employees believe you are fair, dependable, caring, and honest, what empowerment dimension ... (Read 186 times)

tuffie · **on:** Jul 6, 2018

If your employees believe you are fair, dependable, caring, and honest, what empowerment dimension will increase?

A) Self-efficacy
B) Self-determination
C) Personal consequence
D) Meaningfulness
E) Trust

Question 2

If you provide employees a budget that allows them the discretion to spend money on activities they consider important for completing the job successfully, you have utilized which guideline for developing empowerment?

A) Providing information
B) Providing resources
C) Modeling
D) Providing support

ebonylittles · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 6, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: E
Explanation: A) Incorrect. Fairness, caring, honesty, competence, and dependability all create confidence in you and contribute to an overall feeling of trust. Self-efficacy is your employees' belief that they are able to accomplish specific tasks.
B) Incorrect. Fairness, caring, honesty, competence, and dependability all create confidence in you and contribute to an overall feeling of trust. Self-determination is your employees' belief that they are in control of their own actions.
C) Incorrect. Fairness, caring, honesty, competence, and dependability all create confidence in you and contribute to an overall feeling of trust. Personal consequence means that your employees have a sense of personal impact in the workplace.
D) Incorrect. Fairness, caring, honesty, competence, and dependability all create confidence in you and contribute to an overall feeling of trust.
E) Correct. Fairness, caring, honesty, competence, and dependability all create confidence in you and contribute to an overall feeling of trust.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B
Explanation: A) Incorrect. You have not provided the employees with information, but physical resources.
B) Correct. You have provided employees with the raw materials (resources) needed to accomplish their tasks.
C) Incorrect. You have not demonstrated any behavior. What you have done is provide individuals with the raw materials (resources) needed to accomplish their tasks.
D) Incorrect. The providing support strategy refers to emotional and social support rather than physical resources.