Motivating Employees Is More Challenging Today Than Two Decades Ago

question 4

Multiple Choice

Motivating employees is more challenging today than two decades ago because:

• A) employers have difficulty understanding the different needs and expectations that younger generation employees bring to the workplace.
• B) there are more layers of management today, which makes it more difficult to motivate everyone in management positions.
• C) corporate downsizing and reduced job security have damaged the levels of trust employees need to work beyond minimum levels.
• D) All of the answers are correct.
• E) employers have difficulty understanding the different needs and expectations that younger generation employees bring to the workplace, and corporate downsizing and reduced job security have damaged the levels of trust employees need to work beyond minimum levels.

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Definitions:

Scarcity

Scarcity refers to the fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human wants in a world of limited resources, necessitating prioritization and choice.

Sufficient Resources

The availability of adequate resources (including time, money, and manpower) to achieve a particular goal or complete a project.

Scarcity

A fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human wants in a world with limited resources.

Scarcity

A situation where limited resources are insufficient to satisfy all wants and needs.