Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each theorist to their contribution.
- Maslow
- Herzberg
- Vroom
- Adams
- Hygiene factors versus motivators
- Motivation as expectancy × instrumentality × valence
- The needs hierarchy, physiological to self-actualization
- Equity: comparing outcome/input ratios to referents
Hints
- Two theories describe what people need; two describe how needs become effort.
- The process theories involve beliefs and comparisons.
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- Maslow → The needs hierarchy, physiological to self-actualization
- Herzberg → Hygiene factors versus motivators
- Vroom → Motivation as expectancy × instrumentality × valence
- Adams → Equity: comparing outcome/input ratios to referents
Why
Two content theories (what people need) and two process theories (how the needing turns into effort), the syllabus quartet.
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