In order for an employee to be motivated to perform desired behaviors and to perform them at a high level, expectancy, instrumentality, and valence must all be high.

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Expectancy is the belief that increased effort will lead to improved performance, instrumentality is the belief that improved performance will lead to specific outcomes or rewards, and valence is the value placed on those outcomes or rewards. If all three are high, an employee is more likely to be motivated to perform desired behaviors at a high level.

In Order for an Employee to Be Motivated to Perform