Your Textbook Referred to a Gallup Poll Taken in 2011

question 167

Multiple Choice

Your textbook referred to a Gallup poll taken in 2011 that indicated that only 47% of workers surveyed felt loyalty toward their employer.This figure was down from 59% just three years earlier.This reflects a serious concern about the _________________.

• A)need to examine why workers are actively disengaged at their jobs
• B)need for people to go back to school and learn new skills
• C)suggestion to reexamine these results by using other methods of data collection
• D)current motivational theories and why the application of these theories is not working in modern day businesses

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Definitions:

Taxes

Compulsory financial charges or some other type of levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures.

Special-Interest Effect

A situation where policy decisions primarily benefit a small group, often at the expense of the larger public.

Spillover Costs

Costs incurred by third parties as a result of economic activities that are not reflected in market transactions.

Concentrated Benefits

Advantages that are significantly focused on a small group rather than being distributed widely across many individuals.