If a person's ratio is smaller than the comparison other's ratio:
A)overreward inequity results.
B)underreward equity results.
C)overreward equity results.
D)equity results.
E)underreward inequity results.

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According to the equity theory, if P's ratio (O_P/I_P)is smaller than the comparison other's ratio (O_o/I_o), underreward inequity results. If P's ratio is larger, overreward inequity results, although evidence suggests that this type of inequity is less likely to occur and less likely to be sustained because P may rationalize the situation by reevaluating her outcomes less favorably or inputs (self-worth)more favorably.

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