An Employee Believes That Her Efforts Will Result in Excellent

question 58

Multiple Choice

An employee believes that her efforts will result in excellent performance and that the possible reward would be desirable to her;however,the employee does not expect that her individual performance will be rewarded.According to expectancy theory,

• A)Expectancy = 0
• Valence = 0
• Instrumentality = 0
• B)Expectancy = 1
• Valence = 1
• Instrumentality = 1
• C)Valence = 0
• Instrumentality = 0
• Expectancy = 1
• D)Expectancy = 1
• Valence = 1
• Instrumentality = 0
• E)Expectancy = 0
• Instrumentality = 1
• Valence = 1

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