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Victor Vroom

Management Theorist

A Canadian-American professor at the Yale School of Management best known for expectancy theory, which explains motivation as a function of an individual's belief that effort leads to performance and that performance leads to valued outcomes. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1932-08-09 1
Death Date
2023-07-26 1
Birthplace
Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1
Death Place
Guilford, Connecticut, U.S. 1
Nationality
Canadian 1
Defining Contribution
Formulated expectancy theory of workplace motivation in 1964. 1
Notable Work
Work and Motivation (1964) 1
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Theories and Models Developed

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    motivation is largely influenced by the combination of a person's belief that effort leads to performance, which then leads to specific outcomes
  • Theories and Models Developed: Expectancy Theory
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