To Reduce the Amount of Non-Recyclable Waste That Employees Throw

question 28

Multiple Choice

To reduce the amount of non-recyclable waste that employees throw out each day, a major computer company removed containers for non-recyclable rubbish from each office and workstation.This altered employee behavior mainly by:

• A)increasing employee motivation to be less wasteful.
• B)helping employees to learn how to be less wasteful.
• C)altering situational factors so that employees have more difficulty practicing wasteful behavior.
• D)increasing aptitudes that make employees less wasteful.
• E)increasing organizational citizenship so that employees will be less wasteful.

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