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Expectancy Theory
•The force to act in a certain way results from a conscious decision-
making process undertaken by an individual.
•The decision to act rests on three sets of perceptions: expectancy,
instrumentality, and valence
Process Equity Theory
Theories of •Employers and employees enter into an exchange relationship: the
employer provides outcomes such as pay, praise, promotions, and
benefits, and the employee provides inputs, which is his or her
Motivation •An employee who perceives inequity in the inputs and outputs will
performance
be dissatisfied with the relationships
Goal Setting Theory
•Goals that are specific, challenging, reachable, and acceptable
to employees lead to higher performance than goals that are
unclear, unchallenging, and unattainable
