Question

• For each person you need to indicate what the outcomes (rewards) are. You are NOT to put what they do to get the outcomes, those things go in the Inputs cell.
• In the Left column you have the person who is doing the “equity” comparison and the right column it is the person with whom they are comparing himself/herself. You need to be sure that you are putting yourself in the place of the person in the left hand column. You are NOT to put yourself in the manager’s position or the person in the right hand column.
• In the middle column you need to type the correct symbol (equal to =, greater than >, or less than <). You make the decision based on whether the person in the left column thinks (perceives) that his/her outcomes or inputs are compared to the person in the right column.
• You MUST remember it is the person’s perception, for example, the first table is Jan’s perceptions of the situation with Marcia.

Greg has been working for six years at a pottery shop, making bowls, flower pots, and so on. For the most typical kind of pot he makes, he is paid a piece rate wage of $10. Business has been good, and the boss hires a new employee, named Peter, who has never thrown pottery before, but is also given the same $10/unit piece rate.

Greg	=,>,<	Peter
Outcomes:		Outcomes:
Inputs:		Inputs:

Describe the motivation level for Greg based on the Equity Analysis:

Answer 1

Greg		Peter
outcome	<	Outcome
Input	>	Input

As per the scenario described above Greg must be thinking that his Input is too much then that of Peter. As peter has just joined and has never thrown pottery however on the other hand Greg has been working for 6 Year at the pottery shop and know how to make bowls, Flower pots and so on.
In lieu of all this efforts Greg is getting $10 and shop owner has hired Peter who do not know how to make pottery and he is also getting paid $10. This makes Greg input more in compare to Peter.

Greg motivation level shall be extremely low