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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Definitions:

Short-run Phillips Curve

The short-run Phillips Curve depicts an inverse relationship between the rate of inflation and the unemployment rate within an economy over a short period.

Expected Inflation

The rate at which people predict prices will rise in the future, influencing saving and spending behavior.

Phillips Curve

An economic concept that illustrates an inverse relationship between the rate of unemployment and the rate of inflation in an economy.

Natural Rate

Refers to the level of economic output or unemployment that is consistent with stable inflation, not influenced by short-term fluctuations.