Practice question · True or false
In expectancy theory, motivation is additive: a strong score on any one of expectancy, instrumentality or valence can carry a weak score on another.
Hints
- What happens if one term is zero?
- Vroom multiplied them for a reason.
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False
Why
False. The terms multiply, so a zero anywhere zeroes the whole. An employee certain they can do the task, and certain it earns the bonus, is still unmotivated if the bonus is worthless to them. That is the model's practical value: it tells you which of the three to fix.
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