Mr. Scallopini gives his workers rewards for their efforts, and makes sure that these occasional reinforcements are valuable enough that it will help increase his workers' motivation to do a good job. Mr. Burns believes in the __________ theory of motivation.
A. goal-setting
B. existence, relatedness, growth
C. initiating structure
D. expectancy
Answer: D
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