Which Statement BEST Summarizes the Empirical Research on Equity Theory

question 91

Multiple Choice

Which statement BEST summarizes the empirical research on equity theory?

• A)Research clearly demonstrates that if people feel underrewarded, they will increase their efforts.
• B)Empirical support is mixed; people are more likely to attempt to change their ratios if they are underrewarded than if they are overrewarded.
• C)Empirical support is mixed; people are more likely to attempt to change their ratios if they are overrewarded than if they are underrewarded.
• D)Because the premises are difficult to test, very little research has been done on equity theory.

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