Jan has worked at this job for five years, making lovely flower arrangements, for which she receives $$10/$hour$.$ She has always met, if not surpassed, the productivity standard of $20$ arrangements$/$hour$.$ Due to increased business, Carol $($the proprietor, and a lovely lady$),$ hires a new and inexperienced worker named Marcia who, Jan learns, is getting a starting salary of $$\frac{10}{?}$ hour.

a$.$ What would equity theory predict would happened to level of productivity of Jan and Marcia in the next days and months, would the number of arrangements turned out per hour by each of them rise or fall?

b$.$ Are there any other predictions you might deduce from equity theory regarding Jan's or Marcia's performance?

Barely a month after Marcia is hired, Carol hires another flower arranger. Carol decides to change the wage structure for new hires and is paying the new kid $$\frac{5}{?}$ hour.

a$.$ What would equity theory predict would be the approximate number of arrangements produced per hour by each of the three workers? Why?

b$.$ Is there anything else that might change about their job performance?

Carol's company merges with Mike's. They need to move quickly to thwart a hostile takeover attempt by a former employee, Alice, who's always got some kind of deal cooking.

a$.$ How would equity theory suggest that they could really motivate their lawyer, Bobby, to push the paperwork as quickly as possible?