Which of the outcomes in Table 6-2 are most appealing to you? Are you more attracted to extrinsic outcomes or intrinsic outcomes? Do you think that your preferences will change as you get older?

Discussion Questions
6.1 Which of the outcomes in Table 6-2 are most appealing to you? Are you more attracted to extrinsic outcomes or intrinsic outcomes? Do you think that your preferences will change as you get older?
6.2 Assume that you were working on a group project and that one of your teammates was nervous about speaking in front of the class during the presentation. Drawing on Figure 6-3,
what exactly could you do to make your classmate feel more confident?
6.3 Consider the five strategies for fostering goal commitment . Which of those strategies do you think is most effective? Can you picture any of them having potential drawbacks?
6.4 How do you tend to respond when you experience overreward and underreward inequity?
Why do you respond that way rather than with some other combination in Figure 6-6?
6.5 Think about a job that you’ve held in which you felt very low levels of psychological empowerment. What could the organization have done to increase empowerment levels?

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