Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Motivation, Expectancy Theory, Equity Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Hayden Woodley

Document Summary

Stan seems to always be engrossed in his work and focused on what he is doing. Sue seems to spend a great deal of time thinking about her work. Sal says he works hard because of the pay and benefits. Trisha says she works hard because the job gives her feelings of achievement and accomplishment. What can you say about your two coworkers: sal has extrinsic motivation and trisha has intrinsic motivation, in collective cultures it is often observed that groups favour an equality norm for reward allocation. In motivational terms, this performance evaluation system has reduced: expectancy, cassandra"s boss has not had time to clearly explain her new job to her. He gets along well with his boss and his coworkers. Recently, he has put in a bid for several more interesting jobs that have opened up, but each time the job has been given to someone with more seniority.