LivWell Biotechnology Company has four locations in California. You work as a marketing specialist at the oldest and southernmost location. Your colleagues at the three other locations get an hour off each day to work out because there are workout facilities at each of their locations. You know that you make a little more money than they do, but after measuring the cost of stopping off at the gym on your way home each evening, you realize that your extra compensation does not cover the cost of the membership. You are keeping tabs on marketing positions that may open at the company's other sites. Equity theory suggests that you are motivated to bring a sense of fairness to what you perceive as an inequity.

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The scenario describes a situation where the employee is perceiving a sense of inequity and is motivated to bring fairness to the situation. This aligns with the principles of equity theory.

LivWell Biotechnology Company Has Four Locations in California