There Is Less of a Principal-Agent Problem Between Managers and Apple

question 103

Multiple Choice

There is less of a principal-agent problem between managers and apple pickers than between managers and secretaries because _____

• A)apple pickers naturally work harder.
• B)secretaries get paid less than their worth.
• C)productivity is easier to measure in apple picking than in secretarial services.
• D)a secretary's marginal product is easier to estimate than an apple picker's.
• E)secretaries receive on-the-job training, but apple pickers receive no such training.

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