or the past several years you have been working as a clerk at a law firm, typing complicated legal briefs for the partners of the firm. In an effort to increase your output, the partners have indicated that if you are able to increase your typing speed (without errors) from your current rate of 65 words per minute to 85 words per minute, your pay will be increased by 5%. Based on expectancy theory, the three factors that will determine whether you are motivated to achieve this goal are _____, _____ and _____.

a. Whether you like or dislike the clients that the partners have chosen to represent.

b. Whether a 5% pay raise is a sufficiently desirable outcome.

c. Whether or not you feel you will be given sufficient resources to enable you to type 85 words per minute.

d. Whether typing 85 words per minute seems like a realistic goal to you