What Makes People Work Well--Self Assessment

Indicate next to each statement whether you agree with it, disagree with it, or are uncertain.

	Agree	Disagree	Uncertain
1. People who are motivated to work perform better on the job than those who are not.
2. Some people are unmotivated, there is nothing the manager can do with them.
3. In general, people won’t work at something they don’t like to do.
4. The attitudes that a manager has towards subordinates can effect the work they do.
5. Most people work primarily for money.
6. Few people welcome criticism of their work.
7. The style of managing plays an important role in employee motivation.
8. People always seem to want to be rewarded for doing a job.
9. The average employee will not be committed to a task or a job that he or she doesn’t find valuable.
10. A manager can often make work more desirable to an employee.
11. Whether people in a work group are strongly motivated depends largely on the way they are managed.
12. When employees suspect that they will have difficulty doing the work, they usually avoid doing it or else lose motivation.
13. Membership in a team can persuade employees that the work is doable and can increase their expectation of success.
14. Employees who are happy at work perform better than those who are not.
15. Managers have the ability to increase the value of work in employees’ eyes as well as their confidence in their ability to do it.