Department of Management
Date of this Version
1-1978
Citation
The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan., 1978), pp. 51-58.
Abstract
From the actor's perspective, a behavioral environment can be typified by two continuous dimensions, knowledge of potential outcomes and knowledge of causal relationships among environmental elements. These dimensions determine the situational ambiguity perceived by the actor. Expectancy, equity, operant conditioning, and attitude theories of motivation are considered in such ambiguous environments. Propositions are set forth which allow the researcher to select the most predictive motivation model
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Comments
Published in the Academy of Management Review. Used by permission.