Craig Decides to Increase the Performance Bonus of His Team

Craig decides to increase the performance bonus of his team from $5,000 to $10,000. In the context of the expectancy theory, this would have resulted in:

A) increased productivity as the team members would put in greater efforts in view of the reward they get.
B) decreased productivity as the team members would be too distracted to work toward the set goal.
C) the same productivity as studies have found that rewards do not affect the employee efforts in any manner.
D) an initial decrease in productivity, followed by an increase in productivity of the employees.