MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS
MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES
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Expectancy is the idea that increasing the amount of effort will not increase performance
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Instrumentality is the idea that if you perform better, then the outcome will be achieved
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Employees like violence
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Instrumentality. The perception of employees as to whether they will actually get what they desire even if it has been promised by a manager. Management must ensure that promises of rewards are fulfilled and that employees are aware of that.
Detailed explanation-2: -Expectancy theory separates the decision making process into expectancy (efforts will lead to high performance), instrumentality (performance will lead to predicted outcomes), and valence (predicted outcomes are desirable).
Detailed explanation-3: -Instrumentality theory hypothesizes that a person’s attitude toward an occurrence (outcome) depends on his perceptions of how that outcome is related (instrumental) to the occurrence of other more or less preferred consequences.
Detailed explanation-4: -Instrumentality is the belief that you’ll be rewarded if you meet the goal expectations. The instrumentality element at work is the belief that the rewards depend on each person’s job performance and effort.