Specific,difficult Goals Can Detract from Performance When the Employee

question 24

Multiple Choice

Specific,difficult goals can detract from performance when the employee:

• A) is learning tasks involving minimal effort.
• B) is learning complex tasks.
• C) is performing routine tasks.
• D) has been on the job a significant amount of time.
• E) provides his/her own feedback.

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

A process in evolutionary biology where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

Structural Traits

The inherent characteristics or features that define the makeup or composition of an entity or organism.

Genetic Traits

Inherited characteristics passed from parents to offspring through genes.

Behavioral Traits

Characteristics or habits of an individual's behavior that are consistent over time and can be observed.