The HR manager told Jim that the company pays the total health insurance costs for a family of four. As a single man, this benefit did not seem especially important to him right now. Here, Jim is low on the ______ element of the expectancy theory.

A. expectancy
B. instrumentality
C. valence
D. outcomes
E. significance


C. valence

Valence is value, the importance a worker assigns to the possible outcome or reward. Here, Jim does not particularly value this reward for taking the job.

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I prefer to tell my staff what to do and rarely integrate them in the decision-making process. Which of my followers will benefit most from my use of these behaviors?

A. D1 B. D2 C. D3 D. D4

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A. $4,750 B. $4,625 C. $3,960 D. $4,825 E. $5,290

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