The investment of an employee's physical, cognitive, and ...

[jman1234]

The investment of an employee's physical, cognitive, and emotional energies into job performance is called ________.
 
  A) vicarious modeling
  B) self-determination
  C) job engagement
  D) management by objectives
  E) job analysis

Question 2

Explain how the different relationships in expectancy theory are related to distributive justice and procedural justice in equity theory.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[jlaineee]

Answer to Question 1

C
Explanation: C) Job engagement refers to the investment of an employee's physical, cognitive, and emotional energies into job performance.

Answer to Question 2

Historically, equity theory focused on distributive justice, the employee's perceived fairness of the amount and allocation of rewards among individuals and who received them. Equity also considers procedural justice, the perceived fairness of the process used to determine the distribution of rewards.

Expectancy theory focuses on three relationships
1. Effort-performance relationship: The probability perceived by the individual that exerting a given amount of effort will lead to performance.
2. Performance-reward relationship: The degree to which the individual believes performing at a particular level will lead to the attainment of a desired outcome.
3. Rewards-personal goals relationship: The degree to which organizational rewards satisfy an individual's personal goals or needs and the attractiveness of those potential rewards for the individual.

The relationships in expectancy theory are similar to distributive and procedural justice in that they both rely on a fair and objective appraisal. If the appraisal isn't fair in the effort-performance relationship, the employee lacks the motivation to work hard. This is because regardless of the person's level of motivation, the procedure of appraisal is prejudiced.