Employees who subscribe to Adams’s equity theory of motivation might h

QUESTION

Employees who subscribe to Adams’s equity theory of motivation might have problems with which of the following?

A) Hawthorne effect
B) Taylor’s differential rate system
C) Herzberg’s two-factor theory
D) reinforcement theory
E) management by objectives

ANSWER

Answer: B
Explanation: B) Equity theory focuses on employees’ perceptions as to how fairly they are treated compared to others. In the differential rate system, more efficient employees earn higher wages than less efficient ones. Some employees might perceive unfair treatment under this structure.