LET1 - Task 1A. Expectancy Motivation TheoryComponent 1: Commitment-performance relationship. The employee will be motivated if he is certain that his efforts will produce the performance standards established by management. Component 2: performance-reward relationship. The employee links performance evaluation with increased rewards. Motivation is based on the perception that their increased effort will lead to a desired outcome that may not be explicitly stated by the employer. For example, an employee may assume that working overtime will lead to a promotion; the desired result. Component 3: personal rewards-goals relationship. According to the theory, employees will not even consider exerting more effort if the rewards offered by the employer are not in line with their personal aspirations. Expectancy theory can be summarized as follows; an employee will increase his efforts at work to improve his performance evaluation as a means of obtaining rewards that will meet his personal goals. The effort provided must support an attractive end goal ...