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176. A manager who utilizes the Pygmalion Effect usually receives higher performance from employees by:
  1. demonstrating that they are confident employees can deliver a high performance
  2. building teams, instead of using individuals in a hierarchy, to handle most large projects
  3. always attached financial incentive to job performance
  4. offering ambiguous expectations to encourage employee originality and creativity
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177. When it comes to the personal lives of employees, a manager should:
  1. be aware and show concern and empathy
  2. stay uninvolved and recommend organizational resources for troubled employees
  3. encourage other subordinates to address the personal issues of co-workers
  4. ask questions regularly to determine problems
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178. You have just started a new management job with over 500 employees working under you. You discover that some company practices are not in compliance with the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and its subsequent amendments. In order to remedy this, you could take all of the following steps except:
  1. offer increased compensation to equalize pay for employees of different gender performing the same job
  2. determine future pay increased for employees based on an established system of merit, seniority, or performance quotas
  3. reduce the compensation of some employees to equalize compensation for employees of all genders performing the same job
  4. refuse to agree to labor union demands or contracts that would violate the law
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179. An easy and cost effective strategy for managers to utilize in order to reduce work related stress among employees is:
  1. create an open layout work space where all employees can easily hear and see other employees during the work day
  2. to practice a plan-ahead strategy that minimizes the need for crisis management
  3. to emphasize competition among employees by increasing performance incentives to maximize productivity
  4. providing employees with minimal responsibilities
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180. When designing jobs, managers and employers can reduce job stress by giving consideration to all of the following except:
  1. applying ergonomic design to the employee-machine technologies
  2. creating clear physical, knowledge, and skill requirements to facilitate hiring highly matched employees
  3. establishing work hours and shift changes that are the most profitable for the organization
  4. creating communication channels for immediate and future needs
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