Initial Attempts at Employee Involvement Programs Were Generally Unsuccessful Because

question 148

Multiple Choice

Initial attempts at employee involvement programs were generally unsuccessful because:

• A) Employees turned out to be rather ignorant of their own jobs and how what they did fit into the "big picture" for the company
• B) They did not change the underlying structure of standardized, routinized work organization
• C) They did not change the degree of involvement employees had in decision making
• D) Changing working conditions to make them more humane turned out to have little to no impact on employee job satisfaction and work quality

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