"expectation gap" is a grammatically correct and acceptable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe the discrepancy between what is expected and what is actually achieved. For example: "The results of the project fell short of expectations, leaving an expectation gap between what was planned and what was ultimately achieved."
Yamada said there was now an expectation gap, with many young people giving up hope in the real world and turning to their computer world, where they could control their "lives".
The performance expectation gap going into the second debate was negligible, with just 41 percent thinking Obama would do better and 37 percent thinking Romney would win the day.
This is where the so-called expectation gap is likely playing a role, says Kirkpatrick.
Our results show that a loss frame (compared to a gain frame) exacerbates managers' self-serving biases and increases the 'transfer price expectation gap' between buyers and sellers.
There are basically two solutions to narrow the negative expectation gap: One way is calibrating consumers' perceived utility at the moment of purchase.
Compounding the problem is the expectation gap that exists among the roughly 56% of postdocs who believe they will continue on to tenure-track academic positions and the 21% who actually did in 2012 (scim.ag/XWZwhv).ag/XWZwhv
The achievement of sustained economic growth and development in these countries is critical in reducing their vulnerability to new political and economic shocks, fuelled in many cases by high expectation gaps that need to be mitigated.
Larger negative expectation gaps at the moment of product receipt can increase consumers' return intentions.
The theory of need/value fulfilment proposes that the discrepancy between individual needs and the extent to which the job meets these needs is negatively related to job satisfaction and expectation gaps [ 12] have been linked to the violation of the psychological contract between employer and employee [ 13].
Mr. Miller predicts fissures in the relationship, the result of a "fundamental expectations gap" in which Mr. Obama expects more from the peace talks than Mr. Netanyahu will be able to deliver.
They defended a string of auditing failures by talking of an "expectations gap"—arguing that auditors could not be expected to detect fraud.
