A Researcher Wants to See Whether She Can Make the Typical

question 27

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to see whether she can make the typical administrative assistant job more motivating at Acme,Inc.To experimentally investigate this possibility,she randomly assigns administrative assistants to one of the following conditions: doing the job as it has always been done,having a computer performance monitoring device installed,receiving feedback about one's performance on a weekly basis,or being given a say in how one's workload is structured and completed.Which of the preceding conditions would be assigned to the control group?

• A)Doing the job as it has always been done
• B)Having a computer performance monitoring device installed
• C)Receiving feedback about one's performance on a weekly basis
• D)Being given a say in how one's workload is structured and completed

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Definitions:

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