Human Resources Is Changing the Company Pay Structure

question 100

Multiple Choice

Human Resources is changing the company pay structure.The HR director discussed the details with the communications director so she could write the communications plan.An assistant in HR told people that pay changes were coming.These people told more people.Word traveled so fast that there was anxiety before the announcement was made.It traveled all over the organization via which type of grapevine?

• A) Y
• B) Chain
• C) Wheel
• D) All-channel
• E) Cluster

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Definitions:

Likelihood

The probability or chance of an event occurring.

Punishment

A consequence that decreases the likelihood that a behavior will occur.

Extinction

The diminishing of a conditioned response when the reinforcement or pairing of stimuli is removed.

Generalization

The process by which a response is given in the presence of stimuli that are similar to the stimulus that originally elicited the response.