Adams’ Equity Theory Balancing Employee Inputs and Outputs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you pay "peanuts"‚ you may get "monkeys". © iStockphoto/RedBarnStudio Adams’ Equity Theory calls for a fair balance to be struck between an employee’s inputs (hard work‚ skill level‚ tolerance‚ enthusiasm‚ and so on) and an employee’s outputs (salary‚ benefits‚ intangibles such as recognition‚and so on). According to the theory‚ finding this
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A Role for Equity Theory in the Turnover Process: An Empirical Test1 RODGERw.GRlFFETH2 AND STEFAN GAERTNER Department of Management Georgia State Universiw The purpose o f the present study was to examine the role o f equity theory in the context of the contemporary turnover process. A model was developed and tested with 192 hospital employees using structural equation modeling (SEM)‚ which placed satisfaction and intention to quit as mediators of employee turnover. The results strongly support
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Equity Theory by John Stacey Adams Equity Theory attempts to explain relational satisfaction in terms of perceptions of fair/unfair distributions of resources within interpersonal relationships. Equity theory is considered as one of the justice theories; it was first developed in 1962 by John Stacey Adams‚ a workplace and behavioral psychologist‚ who asserted that employees seek to maintain equity between the inputs that they bring to a job and the outcomes that they receive from it against the
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Equity Theory of Motivation The equity theory of motivation is used to describe the relationship between the employees perception of how fairly is he being treated and how hard he is motivated to work Motivation is the activation of an energized goal-oriented behavior. Everyone takes up a job as they are motivated by some factor or the other. Some are motivated by the challenge they will face in carrying out their job‚ some are motivated by the level of fame they may earn‚ others and
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Equity theory The motivation theories highlighted in the case which are Equity theory and Vroom’s expectancy theory. For the Equity theory which is developed by J.Stacey Adams‚ proposes that employees perceive and assess a ratio of jobs inputs related to the outcomes they received for their performance to seek either equity or inequity in their situation and then corrects any inequity. The term of equity in the Equity theory is related to the concept of fairness‚ justice‚ and treated equally between
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"Equity is a subjective evaluation‚ not an objective one. Based on the comparison that individuals use‚ each individual is likely to develop different perceptions of equity." (Scholl‚ 2000) When individuals look at the equity model on the job scale‚ they compare their contributions and rewards to that of those around them (associates‚ coworkers‚ management‚ etc.). If the equation is balanced‚ the "equity"--as society puts it--is accomplished. If it is unbalanced‚ the inequity may cause individual
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President John Adams Our beloved President‚ John Adams‚ passed away on July 4‚ 1826 due to a debility brought on by heart failure caused by arteriosclerosis. Mr. Adams was born in Braintree‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ in October 30‚ 1735. Son of John Adams‚ Sr. and Boylston Susanna Adams‚ John was the oldest of their 3 children‚ and when he was 16 (1751)‚ he went to Harvard University. Mr. Adams married Abigail Adams‚ who passed away in 1818. The marriage produced 5 children: Abigail Adams Smith
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1. INTRODUCTION Equity is defined by a complex mathematical formula‚ but in practice it is described as relationship‘s fairness between people in one society. Equity theory is social justice theory‚ designed by Adams in 1963. It claims that individuals review the inputs and outcomes of themselves and others‚ and in situations of inequity‚ experience greater cognitive dissonance than individuals in equitable situations. This kind of equity is perceived as social justice in society (or company
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Revolutionary John Adams Many people around the world have accomplished something to make them revolutionary. Some use this magic in ways to help the world‚ but others do not. The second president of the United States‚ John Adams‚ is one of these figures that helped the world. When England was taking advantage of the United States‚ Mr. Adams found ways to help the colonies break away and to become a separate country. John Adams was a delegate from Massachusetts who convinced representatives
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the eassy I will discuss the meaning and importance of equity in taxation since Adam Smith included it as one of the Canons of taxation. Equity is defined as “redistributive taxation induces allocative distortions by driving a wedge between the price the consumer pays and the price the producer receives” (Begg et al. 2005‚ p.219). There are two types of equity to be considered: the horizontal equity‚ and vertical equity. “The horizontal equity requires that people in similar situations should be
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