Question 2 David and Stephanie worked in the same department as Officer and their performance were equally good. They both had expected reasonable increment at the end of the year. However, David had found out that Stephanie had received a higher increment than him which now made sad. Using your knowledge of motivation theories: i) describe the theory which best describes the situation above Answer should not be less than 250 words. Thank you for your afford.

Question 2 David and Stephanie worked in the same department as Officer and their performance were equally good. They both had expected reasonable increment at the end of the year. However, David had found out that Stephanie had received a higher increment than him which now made sad. Using your knowledge of motivation theories: i) describe the theory which best describes the situation above Answer should not be less than 250 words. Thank you for your afford.

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