Which of the following statements is true regarding gainsharing? ...

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Which of the following statements is true regarding gainsharing?
 
  A) Gainsharing focuses on productivity gains rather than profits.
  B) Gainsharing involves paying employees based on the number of new skills acquired by them in a specific time period.
  C) Gainsharing does not distribute profits, only gains in profits.
  D) Employees working under gainsharing plans have a greater feeling of psychological ownership.
  E) Gain sharing encourages social loafing.

Question 2

Early research efforts at isolating leadership traits resulted in a number of dead ends. A breakthrough, of sorts, came when researchers began ________.
 
  A) organizing traits around the Big Five personality framework
  B) using the Keirsey Temperament Sorter
  C) using Cattell's 16 personality factors
  D) focusing on Eysenck's three factor model
  E) considering the Revised NEO Personality Inventory

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Answer to Question 1

A
Explanation: A) Gainsharing is a formula-based group incentive plan that uses improvements in group productivity from one period to another to determine the total amount of money allocated. Because the benefits accrue to groups of workers, high-performing workers pressure weaker performers to work harder, improving performance for the group as a whole.

Answer to Question 2

A
Explanation: A) Early research efforts to isolate leadership traits resulted in a number of dead ends. A breakthrough came when researchers began organizing traits around the Big Five personality (ambition and energy are part of extraversion, for instance), giving strong support to traits as predictors of leadership.