Lisa learned that although she and Linda were both hired as part-time sales clerks at the same time and have similar backgrounds, Linda is paid $2 more per hour. Lisa decided to ask her boss for $2 more per hour because she thinks the pay is unfair. This scenario is related to which management theory?
A) equity theory
B) Theory X
C) expectancy theory
D) Theory Y
E) Theory Z

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This scenario is related to equity theory. According to equity theory, how much people are willing to contribute to an organization depends on their assessment of the fairness, or equity, of the rewards they will receive in exchange. The worker compares his or her ratio to the input-output ratio of some other person-a "comparison other,"
who may be a coworker, a friend working in another organization, or an "average"
of several people working in the organization. In this case, since Lisa determined that Linda's input-output ratio is better than hers, Lisa is trying to increase her outputs by asking for a raise.

Lisa Learned That Although She and Linda Were Both Hired