Samsang invests in a major overhaul of its rewards package for staff. This includes a 10% increase in basic salary, individual and team bonuses plus an increase to 30 days holiday per year (from the statutory minimum). What best summarises the motivation focus of the above rewards strategy? A. Intrinsic B. Outcome C. Expectancy D. Extrinsic A D B C

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Samsang invests in a major overhaul of its rewards package for staff. This includes a 10% increase in basic salary, individual and team bonuses plus an increase to 30 days holiday per year (from the statutory minimum). What best summarises the motivation focus of the above rewards strategy? A. Intrinsic B. Outcome C. Expectancy D. Extrinsic A D B C

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This question is asking to identify the motivation factor present in Samsung's strategy of augmenting its rewards package for staff. We can connect the answer choices to motivation theories:- "Intrinsic" motivation refers to doing something because it is personally rewarding, not caused by extrinsic motivators.- "Outcome-based" motivation focusses on the end-result or goals, this is not mainly visible in the question context.- "Expectancy" theory posits that behaviour is chosen due to expected results, but our context emphasizes the reward mechanism more.- "Extrinsic" motivation encompasses incentivization through tangible rewards such as pay increases or bonuses.In the context of increasing salary, bonuses, and holiday days, these changes could argue most strongly towards "extrinsic" motivations. The rewards mentioned are all external compensations provided in response to the activities and performance of employees. Therefore, their motivation to work would inevitably be heightened because of out-of-personality (extrinsic) rewards.

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