Research on Equity Theory Suggests

question 35

Multiple Choice

Research on equity theory suggests

• A)those who perceive inequity increase their work performance.
• B)those who feel over-rewarded experience little distress over the situation.
• C)those who feel over-rewarded experience guilt over the situation.
• D)those who perceive inequity encourage their fellow coworkers to work less hard.

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Sex

Your sex depends on your genetic makeup—specifically, whether your sex chromosome is XX (female), XY (male) or X, XXY, XXYY, and so on. The latter sex chromosomes often result in a person who does not fit conventional male or female sex categories.

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Structures within cells that contain DNA and genetic information, playing a key role in determining the characteristics of living organisms.

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An individual's personal sense of their own gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex they were assigned at birth.

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