SCENARIO 4-2 Your Department Is Made Up of People Who Are Very

question 8

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 4-2
Your department is made up of people who are very different in their lifestyles and their stages of life.Mary is a 23-year-old single parent who is working for minimum wage.Jonathan is 60 years old,extremely wealthy,and works because he enjoys it.Jane is single,45 years old,and has few interests outside the office.You have decided to attempt to apply Maslow's hierarchy of needs to motivate each of these individuals.

-Referring to SCENARIO 4-2,you would expect that Jane is attempting to satisfy her

• A)social need.
• B)esteem need.
• C)physiological need.
• D)self-actualization need.
• E)safety need.

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