For Almost Two Weeks, Fred Has Been Negotiating His Salary

question 48

Multiple Choice

For almost two weeks, Fred has been negotiating his salary for his new job in market research.While his new boss could not provide as much pay as Fred wanted, he made up for it in benefits (e.g., Fred received extra vacation time) .Fred is very pleased with the way the salary issues were resolved.One could consider Fred's salary dispute in terms of distributive justice, for it focuses on the

• A)amount of time spent negotiating.
• B)type of position Fred is about to take.
• C)procedure of the dispute resolution.
• D)fairness of the outcome.

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