In an attempt to decrease tardiness, a hospital gives employees an extra hour's pay for each wage period that the employee has not been late for work. This incentive program is an example of which theory?

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1. Expectancy theory emphasizes the role of rewards to the employee in order to increase a desired behavior.
2. Shaping is a procedure that involves selectively reinforcing behaviors that are successively closer approximations to the desired behavior.
3. Equity theory is concerned with the conditions under which employees perceive their contribution to the job and the rewards obtained as fair and equitable.
4. Goal-setting theory suggests that it is not the reward or outcomes of task performance per se that causes an individual to expend effort, but rather the goal itself.

In an Attempt to Decrease Tardiness, a Hospital Gives Employees