In Human resources: 1. Lindsey feels that she is working much harder than her co

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In Human resources:

1. Lindsey feels that she is working much harder than her counterparts who earn a similar salary. She feels that she should not work hard on Friday to make up for the hard work she does all week compared to her co-workers. She is using what to rationalize her decision?

a. Comparison theory

b. Equity theory

c. Market pricing theory

d. Justice theory

2. According to expectancy theory, _______________ is the degree to which employees believe that achieving a performance objective will be rewarded.

a. valance.

b. expectancy.

c. all of these.

d. instrumentality.

3. A written communication about what is valued in the organization that helps to standardize pay is called a(n)

a. total rewards philosophy.

b. equity philosophy.

c. compensation philosophy.

d. pay philosophy.

Explanation / Answer

1. a

According to the equity theory, individuals are motivated by the fairness in pay and efforts. According to this theory if an employee perceives that the efforts put by them and the output received is not equal as same as the referent group, than the individual adjust their input.

2.b

Expectancy is a term used to evalute the degree to which the employee belive that, if they work toward a certain perfromance objective, they will be able to achieve that objective and will be rewarded.

3.c

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