Mark is an excellent technical writer. He has never missed a deadline and all his projects are of superior quality. He now wants
to telecommute two days a week, so that he can spend more time with his family. He feels that he has proven his reliability. However, his boss is unable to comply with his request and gives him a substantial raise instead. According to the expectancy theory, Mark's disappointment demonstrates a breakdown in the ________ relationship.
In performance-reward relationship, An employee believes that when He or she performs at a certain level,He or she will reach a desired expectation of the employer. Since Mark has never missed a deadline, and all his projects are of superior quality, He believed that He had attained a certain level and proven Himself but since His request waa not granted can lead to a breakdown in performance reward relationship.
Performance-reward relationship is a component of expectancy theory of motivation which was proposed by Victor Vroom in 1964. The expectancy theory states that "employee's motivation is an outcome of how much an individual wants a reward, the assesment that the likelihood that the effort will lead to expected performance and believe that performance will lead to reward"
The root word bi means two. One example of this root word being used is the word bicycle. The root word is used so as to tell people that this bicycle has two wheels. A unicycle is a riding device that has one wheel.