Sasha has been working as a researcher in a pharmaceutical company for the past five years. She is well compensated and has been awarded for her contribution to the organization. One day she is summoned by her director and told that the organization no longer requires her services. She is dismissed from her job without any reason. This is an example of: Group of answer choices just cause firing. at-will employment. rank and yank. weaponized termination.

Sasha has been working as a researcher in a pharmaceutical company for the past five years. She is well compensated and has been awarded for her contribution to the organization. One day she is summoned by her director and told that the organization no longer requires her services. She is dismissed from her job without any reason. This is an example of: Group of answer choices just cause firing. at-will employment. rank and yank. weaponized termination.

Management, Loose-Leaf Version

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ISBN:9781305969308

Author:Richard L. Daft

Publisher:Richard L. Daft

Chapter13: Managing Diversity

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