For a self-managed work team to be effective, its members must be provided with: a lot of paid time off and good company benefits. task-relevant information and knowledge, decision making power and rewards for performance. written rules regarding the company's overtime work policy. opportunities for rapid promotion. QUESTION 46 Goal-setting theory proposes that specific and challenging goals, that are perceived by employees as achievable with effort, lead to: lower extrinsic motivation than do easy or vague goals. higher absenteeism and turnover than do easy or vague goals. higher stress and conflict on the job than do easy or vague goals. higher performance motivation than do easy or vague goals. According to Alderfer's ERG theory of motivation, an individual who is frustrated in satisfying a higher-level need will: experience increased motivation to satisfy needs at a lower level. stay at the current level and become increasingly satisfied over time. try to satisfy an even higher level of need. increase his/her level of persistence until that higher-level need is satisfied. QUESTION 44 Equity theory is based on: an employee's subjective comparison of what he/she provides to the company and gets in exchange, compared to what other comparable employees get for what they contribute. a lower-level employee's subjective comparison of what company executives are paid compared to what the employee believes they should be paid. an employee's subjective comparison of what he/she contributes to the company relative to what all other employees in the company contribute. the objective comparison of what an employee contributes to the company and gets in exchange, regardless of what other employees get