The performance of the employees

Running head: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
CASE STUDY ANALYSIS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CASE STUDY “WHEN SALARIES
AREN’T SECRET”
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1CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
Introduction
As per Adam’s Equity Theory wages or the remuneration have a profound impact on the
performance of the employees and the employees generally expect that their wages would match
the efforts that they are putting in for the corporation (Shin, 2016). Buttner and Lowe (2017) are
of the viewpoint that the employees also expect that the individuals performing the same kind of
tasks or job roles would be offered equal wages or remuneration and this in turn is directly
related to their work motivation or their job motivation. However, the case study “When Salaries
Aren’t Secret” clearly indicates that there is a huge discrepancy between the wages which are
being offered by “RightNow!” to its workers performing the same job roles and this in turn had
adversely affected the job motivation of the workers of the corporation. This case study analysis
paper intends to undertake an analysis of the case study “When Salaries aren’t Secret” through
the usage of the equity theory and also propose the actions that Hank needs to undertake.
Equity Theory and the Case Study
The revelations of the ex-worker of the corporation “RightNow!” in the case study under
discussion here clearly indicate that the concept of equity or equality had not been followed by
the concerned corporation and there is a huge difference in the wages or the remunerations which
are being offered to the different workers of the corporation (Case, 2001). More importantly, the
theory under discussion here clearly indicates the fact that the remuneration or the wages which
are being offered to the workers directly affects their morale and thus it becomes all the more
important for the corporations to offer equal wages to the workers performing the same job roles
(Park, Kim & Sung, 2017). However, the case study under discussion here clearly indicates that
the corporation disregarded the precepts of this particular theory by offering different wages to