Boss offers an employee a promotion which has huge increase in salary along with a new title. It also requires employee to work ten hours more per week along with shifting to a remote place. It is an example of which one of the following?
Approach - Avoidance conflict
Concept: A motivational conflict is classified by whether the goal in front of the person is attractive (approach) or unattractive (avoidance), and by how many goals are involved.
Here a single option - the promotion - carries both attractive and unattractive features at the same time: a higher salary and a new title pull the employee towards it (approach), while ten extra hours of work each week and a move to a remote place push the employee away from it (avoidance).
When one and the same goal has both positive and negative aspects, the person is in an approach-avoidance conflict. A everyday parallel is accepting a dream job that requires relocating far from family - one goal, pulling and pushing at once.
Option check: Approach-approach means choosing between two attractive options, and avoidance-avoidance means choosing between two unattractive options; neither fits, because here there is a single goal, not two. 'Approach conflict' alone is not the standard label for this pull-and-push situation, so it too is ruled out.
Hence this is an example of an approach-avoidance conflict.
Similar Questions
An individual's involvement in work primarily indicates his/her:
Assertion (A): Equity theory of work motivation is based on social exchange process, in which individuals make contributions (inputs) and expect certain rewards (outcomes).
Reason (R): Individuals decide whether or not a particular exchange is satisfactory by comparing their inputs and outcomes with those of others and try to rectify inequality.
Codes:
Which one of the following is not a ‘hygiene factor’ of Herzberg's Two Factor theory ?
When an individual is motivated to approach two or more positive but mutually exclusive goals, he is facing which one type of the following conflicts ?
According to Vroom’s theory of motivation, which one of the following is correct ?
A theory of motivation that is concerned with the beneficial effects of intrinsic motivation and the harmful effects of extrinsic motivation, is termed as :
Which of the following is not perceived as the basic element of motivation ?
An individual’s involvement in work primarily indicates his/her :
Statement (I): “Motivation is a continuous, complex and dynamic process”.
Statement (II): “As compared to other industries, extra motivation is required in service sector industries”.
_________ theory of motivation ignores the inner state of the individual and concentrates solely on what happens when he or she takes some action.
Important Questions from Motivation
What do you think is the best tool to motivate students?
______ is the set of attributes used to describe oneself.
Which of the following statement is correct?
I. Praising children for ability and hard-work comes under intrinsic motivation
II. Giving children money or treats for good grades comes under extrinsic motivation
Parents and teachers often reward their child for successful completion of learning tasks. This practice stimulates which of the following motivation in a student?
I. Intrinsic motivation.
II. Extrinsic motivation.
Which of the following strategies can be used to enhance the motivation level of the learners?
I. Students should be encouraged to make decisions.
II. Students should be praised for desirable behaviour.
III. A teacher should spend more time on student weakness.
