Which of the Following Is True About Job-Based Pay Structures

question 88

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about job-based pay structures?

• A) The ambiguous definition of a job's responsibilities can contribute to an attitude that some activities "are not in my job description," at the expense of inflexibility.
• B) Their focus on higher pay for higher status can work in favor of efforts of empowerment.
• C) They usually reward desired behaviors, particularly in a rapidly changing environment.
• D) Organizations may avoid change because it requires repeating the time-consuming process of creating job descriptions and related paperwork.
• E) They always encourage innovation and customer service.

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information that is presented first better than information that is presented later.

Stereotyping

is the act of categorizing individuals into groups and making assumptions about them based on generalizations.

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias where individuals attribute positive outcomes to their own actions and negative outcomes to external factors.

Attribution

The process by which individuals explain the causes of their own and others' behaviors and outcomes.