Understanding Management (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Richard L. Daft, Dorothy Marcic
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Chapter 12, Problem 2AL
Summary Introduction
To Determine:
A pattern in opinion of the four candidates, and how these results contrast with the motivational theories (content and process).
Introduction:
Four candidates were interviewed (Raina, Dilshi, Hasni, Thavindya), and their opinions about their current/past jobs were asked, through which a table was drafted highlighting the key points of what the interviewees liked about the job/s and what they didn’t.
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