As a Human Resources Specialist, Your Job Is to Review

question 34

Multiple Choice

As a human resources specialist, your job is to review the pattern of merit raises issued by managers last year. You found that the vast majority of managers did not differentiate between high and low performers, choosing to provide similar merit raises. What would you speculate is the driving force behind the managers' actions?

• A) They want to be fair to all employees.
• B) They want to keep labour costs down.
• C) They are not comfortable with the performance management process.
• D) They want to maintain a high degree of team spirit.

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