A Reason Workers Tend to Receive Fewer Promotions Than in the Past

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Multiple Choice

A reason workers tend to receive fewer promotions than in the past is that

• A) most firms now believe hiring people outside the organization is a better way to fill management positions because it brings in new blood.
• B) the movement toward flatter organizational structures provides fewer opportunities to move upward.
• C) firms have found that promoting employees can create jealousy and resentment among the workers who are not promoted.
• D) very few of today's supervisors and lower-level managers have the qualifications needed to move into higher management positions.

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