Question

Bill Stoner has believed for several years that he works as hard as his coworker, Barry Savage, but never seems to receive the pay increases or recognition that Savage does. Stoner has grown frustrated with trying to "catch up" with Savage and has started feeling more motivated since he realized his superiors pay more attention to him than they do another coworker, Fred Jennings. According to equity theory, Stoner has changed his

a) referents
b) inputs
c) outcome/input ratios
d) perception of his referent's inputs

Answer 1

Letter a is correct. Referents

Step-by-step explanation:

Equity theory is about the motivation that people have in their work environment when they feel fair and equal to other workers in an organization. In this respect, when an employee feels less valued than another employee who performs a similar job to him, he may feel unmotivated and affect his productivity, this was the initial case in point when Bill Stoner felt less valued than that your co-worker Barry Savage.

When he compared himself to another Fred Janning whom he thought was less valued than him, he was motivated again.

Ideally, organizational leadership should identify the motivational factors of its employees and enable them to develop their own skills and competencies so that there is a greater sense of fairness in the organization and greater worker effectiveness.