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1. Assume that you are a supervisor in a company and being in this position you also have to keep up the motivation levels of your employees. Following is the description of two of your sub- ordinates.

Frank is a person who seeks money and want to earn more. He is a hardworking employee and expects the return of his hard work from the organization as well. He can do any amount of hours if he gets the reasonable money in return. He is also willing to switch job for the sake of better package. He also has a family and old parents to look after. He seems to pushing the management for money or other benefits as he always wants more and more.

Marshall is a person who is a family guy. He loves to be with his family which consists of his wife and two children. He believes that his family is the main thing in his life. At work, he has high absenteeism and maintains just minimal standards of performance. For him, the work is only about a means to finance the basic needs of family and nothing else. His manager has failed to make him do more than what he is doing now.

a) Is it possible to apply equity theory to analyze motivation of Frank and Marshall? Answer for both employees separately. If yes, how? If no, than suggest the appropriate theory of motivation to understand Frank and Marshall's motivation.