Wages Above Market-Clearing Rates, Intended to Improve Morale and Reduce

question 166

Multiple Choice

Wages above market-clearing rates, intended to improve morale and reduce turnover, are called:

• A) efficiency wages.
• B) high-cost wages.
• C) undeserved wages.
• D) profit-impediment wages.

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