Another factor related to motivation and job satisfaction to which employees perceive that they are treated fairly
Equity Theory – based on the premise that our levels of motivation and job satisfaction are related to how fairly we believe we are treated in comparison with others
Inputs – those elements that we put into our jobs
Outputs – elements we receive from our jobs
Employees subconsciously list all their outputs and inputs and then compute an input/output ratio by dividing the output value by input value