Expectancy Theory Focuses on Describing

question 99

Multiple Choice

Expectancy theory focuses on describing

• A) How goals are the primary drivers of the intensity and persistence of effort.
• B) the type of rewards people get from outside forces, such as wages and vacations.
• C) a form of intrinsic motivation in which merely performing the work tasks serves as its own reward.
• D) how employees create a "mental ledger" of the outcomes (or rewards) they get from their job duties.
• E) the cognitive process that employees go through to make choices among different voluntary responses.

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