A Reason Workers Tend to Receive Fewer Promotions Than in the Past

question 231

Multiple Choice

A reason workers tend to receive fewer promotions than in the past is that:

• A)most firms now believe hiring people outside the organization is a better way to fill management positions because it brings in "new blood."
• B)the movement toward flatter organizational structures,provide fewer opportunities to move upward.
• C)firms have found that promoting employees can create jealousy and resentment among the workers who are not promoted.
• D)very few of today's supervisors and lower-level managers have the qualifications needed to move into higher management positions.

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