Janet, a senior accountant at a manufacturing company, wanted to get her maternity leave extended by two weeks. Her supervisor rejected her leave application but gave her an option to take three weeks off in the next calendar year. Janet, however, rejected the offer and decided to quit her job. In the context of expectancy theory of motivation, this scenario best illustrates the factor of _____.

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Answer:

valence

Explanation:

According to the expectancy theory of motivation, valence refers to how much we (as individuals, not collectively) value any possible rewards that we can obtain.

In our workplace, valence helps us to decide whether any offer is worth being accepted based on our personal needs, values or goals.

In this case, Janet was offered three additional weeks for maternity leave during the next year, but she needed them now, not next year. That is why she rejected the offer and ended up quitting her job.

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