The Expectancy Theory Proposes That ________

question 91

Multiple Choice

The expectancy theory proposes that ________.

• A) employees can view work as being as natural as rest or play, and therefore the average person can learn to accept, and even seek, responsibility
• B) achievement, power, and affiliation are three important needs that help explain motivation
• C) the strength of a tendency to act in a certain way depends on the strength of our expectation of a given outcome and its attractiveness
• D) extrinsic rewards will reduce intrinsic interest in a task
• E) within every human being, there exists a hierarchy of five needs and as each of these needs becomes substantially satisfied, the next one becomes dominant