Question

Peter offers his manager some suggestions for a new holiday display. His manager shrugs his shoulders and tells Peter that the display is all set. Then Sarah approaches the manager with an idea for the display, and the manager tells her that it's a great idea. ________ theory is the model of motivation that explains how Peter is striving for fairness and justice.A) Value

B) Expectancy
C) Needs hierarchy
D) Procedural
E) Equity

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter "E": Equity.

Step-by-step explanation:

Labor and Behavioral psychologist John Stacey Adams proposed the Equity theory to explain how individuals are motivated by fairness. The higher the individuals would perceive fairness in their environment the more motivated that people would be and, the lesser the fairness, means the more demotivated those individuals would feel. According to Adams, the individuals may be willing to adjust the input or output of themselves and their reference group to reach the desire fairness level.