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tuffie

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Discuss the combined effects of valence, instrumentality, and expectancy on the motivation of employees.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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The tendency to attribute the behavior of others to internal causes and to attribute one's own behavior to external causes is known as ________.
 
  A) the fundamental attribution error
  B) the actor-observer effect
  C) the halo effect
  D) the self-serving error



Laurenleakan

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Answer to Question 1

In order for an employee to be motivated to perform desired behaviors and to perform them at a high level, the following conditions are necessary:
 Valence must be high: The employee wants outcomes the organization has to offer.
 Instrumentality must be high: The employee perceives that she or he must perform the desired behaviors at a high level to obtain these outcomes.
 Expectancy must be high: The employee thinks that trying hard will lead to performance at a high level.
If just one of these three factors (valence, instrumentality, or expectancy) is zero, motivation will be zero.

Answer to Question 2

B



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