Posted: May 5th, 2017

Sameer perceives underpayment equity when he compares his outcome-input ratio to Lamar’s.

Sameer perceives underpayment equity when he compares his outcome-input ratio to

Lamar’s. Sameer believes that he is putting in more effort and should therefore receive a

larger hike in salary. To avoid this lack of equity, Sameer decides that he need not

compare his outcome-input ratio to Lamar’s; instead he should compare it to Adrian’s.

According to the equity theory of motivation, how is Sameer restoring equity?