Contributing USMA Research Unit(s)
Behavioral Sciences and Leadership
Publication Date
6-29-2020
Publication Title
Organization Management Journal
Document Type
Article
Abstract
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.
First Page
119
Recommended Citation
Swain, J., Kumlien, K. and Bond, A. (2020), "An experiential exercise for teaching theories of work motivation: using a game to teach equity and expectancy theories", Organization Management Journal , Vol. 17 No. 3, pp. 119-132. https://doi.org/10.1108/OMJ-06-2019-0742
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