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...... Expectancy theory is very similar to equity theory in that it generally predicts that employee motivation occurs based on the perception of reward, but there are several key differences as well. Rewards are only part of the expectations necessary to motivate an employee to work; other requirements are that here is a clear expectation of the employee to do the work, and (rather obviously) that employees have the ability and the opportunity to perform the tasks as well (Johnson 2009). This can be further refined and simplified by saying that an employee will perform a certain task only insofar as they feel they are capable of completing it and will receive rewards commensurate to the amount of work required (Green 1999)
Like equity theory, expectancy theory predicts that work will not be completed, or completed as efficiently and with the quality an employee is capable of, if the employee is not motivated by an adequate reward (Johnson 2009; Green 1999). Expectancy theory places a large part of the motivation on the pre-work conditions as well, however. That is, before beginning a task the employee must believe themselves capable of completing the task, and feel as though they have an

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