A Manager Expends Extra Effort Because She Has Been Told

question 64

Multiple Choice

A manager expends extra effort because she has been told that she will get a $50,000 bonus if her team meets their quota. She also feels stress because she has been informed that she will be put on probation if she does not get her team to perform above last year's total. Which of the following does this scenario illustrate?

• A) Equity theory
• B) Maslow's esteem needs
• C) Two-factor theory
• D) Performance-to-outcome expectancy
• E) The Porter-Lawler extension

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Definitions:

Mutually Exclusive

Mutually exclusive refers to events in probability and statistics that cannot occur at the same time, indicating that the occurrence of one event necessarily excludes the occurrence of the other.

Collectively Exhaustive

A set of events is collectively exhaustive if at least one of the events must occur.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed on a scale from 0 (impossibility) to 1 (certainty).

Random Experiment

An experimental process that leads to well-defined but unpredictable outcomes.