Stacy Has Been Working Hard for the Past Week to Complete

Multiple Choice

Stacy has been working hard for the past week to complete the proposal her team is submitting to upper management. The team's project manager left at noon to play golf with a client. Stacy walks by her co-workers' cubicles and finds that most of them have left as well. At this point, she feels that she is doing more work than others on the team yet is not receiving any more pay or recognition. This perception leaves her frustrated and undermines her motivation. Stacy's experience illustrates a major conclusion of which of the following?

A) equity theory
B) expectancy theory
C) Theory X
D) the scientific management movement