Aidan,CEO of a tech-giant,works for more than 10 hours a day and receives compensation according to his efforts.Jacob is an employee in the same company and works for five hours a day and receives a salary which is half the amount of Aidan's salary.According to some social-psychological theorists,Aidan and Jacob will perceive themselves as having ________ in this scenario.

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According to equity theory in social psychology, individual's perceptions of fairness in a relationship are determined by comparing their own input-output (efforts-compensation) ratio with the input-output ratio of the comparison other. In this case, Aidan and Jacob's input-output ratio is not equal, but still, it may be perceived as equitable as Aidan's compensation is proportional to his effort, and Jacob's salary is half of Aidan's salary, which is expected for half of Aidan's effort. Therefore, they may perceive their relationship as equitable.

Aidan,CEO of a Tech-Giant,works for More Than 10 Hours a Day