As past performance is reasonable, employee assessed the task as reasonably achievable = 0.6
The employee believes that the outcome is relatively attractive.
=0.6
As past performance is poor, employee assessed
the task as difficult to
achieve
= 0.2
The employee believes that the outcome is very attractive.
= 0.8
F
i.e. Force which is the employee's motivation
V X E = F
Ie
valency multipled by expectancy
Expectancy (E)
ie
employee’s assessment how
likely it is that the
task will be achieved
Valence (V)
i.e. Desired
outcome
Vrooms Expectancy Theory