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Motivating individuals and groups

2.3 Process theories

Vroom’s expectancy theory

Vroom believed that people will only be motivated to do tasks if they are confident
that the tasks will help them to reach their goals.

Vroom’s theory can be stated as a formula:

Force = Valence x expectancy

where

Force = the strength of a person’s motivation

valence = the strength of an individual’s preference for an outcome

expectancy = the probability of success

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