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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><font face="American Typewriter">Danielle Ramage, Ashton Miller, Mary Matney</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><font face="American Typewriter">Greenberg: Matters of Equity<br>
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<li><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Equity theory says that a person’s perception is relative to his or her own reality.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>We compare ourselves to others and base our thought of whether we are being treated fairly or not based on how we perceive that others around us are being treated.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>If input and output rations are fair between us and who we compare ourselves to, we would assume that we are being treated fair if the result is the same. If input and output ratios are the same between us and the other person, but the other person receives
better results or more of a reward, we look at that as being unjust.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Three issues with this theory:</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"American Typewriter""><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">it is subjective<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>individuals are more sensitive to receiving less than they deserve rather than more.</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"American Typewriter""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">Equity and justice are important motivating forces to many individuals.</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;
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<li><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">As an administrator, it is important to have a baseline that is equitable, but expectations need to be made when necessary to the situation.
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"American Typewriter""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">“Fair isn’t everybody getting the same thing.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Fair is everybody getting what they need in order to be successful.” –We will always try to be fair but it won’t always feel equal.</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
"American Typewriter""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-family:"American Typewriter"">It’s very important for direct reports to determine what is fair and equal from the very beginning because they will take ownership of their behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>This will also alleviate many potential problems, competitions among coworkers, and disagreements.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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