Joshua Believes That Treating Employees Equally Will Improve Their Job

question 9

Multiple Choice

Joshua believes that treating employees equally will improve their job satisfaction, which in turn will increase their work productivity and performance.In accordance to his beliefs, he wants to reduce the number of job levels and the pay differentials between the levels.In this case, he is most likely to use a(n) :

• A)highly layered pay structure.
• B)hierarchical pay structure.
• C)highly inequitable pay structure.
• D)egalitarian pay structure.

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