MGT 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 98: Job Design, Performance Appraisal, Reward System
24 Dec 2020
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After presenting 6 theories, our job might be more simple if we could say that only one was seen and found as valid. But, many theories are complementary of one another. You should recognize that opportunities can either/or aid and/or hinder your individual effort. Consistent with goal-setting theory, the goals effort loop reminds us that behavior is directed by our goals. Expectancy theory predicts that employees will give a high level of effort if they think there is a strong relationship between: Each of these relationships is also influenced by other factors. For effort to lead to good performance, the person has to have the ability to perform and see this performance appraisal system as being fair and objective. The performance reward relationship is strong if the person thinks performance is rewarded. The performance reward relationship won"t be strong if people think performance is based on things like: The final link in expectancy theory is the rewards goals relationship.
