Annie offered all her subordinates a free dinner at a well-known Mexican restaurant if they reduced their error rate to 2 percent. The error rate stayed the same and later she found out that no one liked Mexican food. This is an illustration of the ________ theory of motivation.

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The scenario is an illustration of the expectancy theory of motivation where individuals are motivated based on the belief that their effort will lead to performance and performance will lead to outcomes or rewards. In this case, Annie offered a reward (free dinner at a Mexican restaurant) for achieving a specific outcome (reduced error rate), but the subordinates did not believe that their effort would lead to the desired performance. Additionally, the fact that no one liked Mexican food shows that the reward was not valued by the subordinates, which is another factor in the expectancy theory.

Annie Offered All Her Subordinates a Free Dinner at a Well-Known