Expectancy theory LET1 Task 1!

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Expectancy theory LET1 Task 1!

Hector A. Febo Negron

Western Governors University WGU

Student ID # 000204248

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Expectancy theory explanation and overview!

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The first part of the expectancy theory is the employees belief of weather their effort can amount to rewards or benefits. Employees will usually measure their effort in comparison to what they can get for it. One factor that tends to un motivate employees is their believe that personal preferences and non work related factors can cause a person to get better performance appraisal than persons who have a non relationship with managers, supervisors or evaluators. This is an important factory in determining from the beginning if an employee will start off working with a strong expectation regarding is current job.!

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In my personal experience working for Puerto Rico’s biggest bank and private company, It was a very firm belief that while many got promotions based on merit and years of service and some on effort, there was a clear connection between the most liked employees by managers and better performance appraisal. In my personal conversation with employees in other sectors I believe it is very common and only if the upper management makes a clear and solid communication and example that this will not happen and that all hires will be strictly related to performance or seniority then this could be prevented but it is a very common perception that can hinder performances on many employees. !

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The second part of the expectancy theory deals with what rewards can an employee expect if they get a great performance review. Employees that work towards a great performances often do so expecting a rewards, this reward can