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An experiential exercise for teaching theories of work motivation: using a game to teach equity and expectancy theories

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  • Jordon Swain
  • Kevin Kumlien
  • Andrew Bond

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Purpose - This paper aims to provide an experiential exercise for management and leadership educators to use in the course of their teaching duties. Design/methodology/approach - The approach of this classroom teaching method uses an experiential exercise to teach Adams’ equity theory and Vroom’s expectancy theory. Findings - This experiential exercise has proven useful in teaching two major theories of motivation and is often cited as one of the more memorable classes students experience. Originality/value - To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is an original experiential exercise for teaching the equity and expectancy theories of motivation.

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  • Jordon Swain & Kevin Kumlien & Andrew Bond, 2020. "An experiential exercise for teaching theories of work motivation: using a game to teach equity and expectancy theories," Organization Management Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 17(3), pages 119-132, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:omjpps:omj-06-2019-0742
    DOI: 10.1108/OMJ-06-2019-0742
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