Question

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of an incentive pay program?
a. Incentives are a way to distribute success among those not responsible for producing that success.
b. Incentives are a means to reward or attract top performers when salary budgets are low.
c. Incentives are a way to increase equity and justice in an organization.
d. Incentives focus employee efforts on specific performance targets.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. Incentives are a way to distribute success among those not responsible for producing that success.

Explanation:

Since incentives usually rely on performance, if an employee is not responsible for producing success, they are not likely be rewarded with incentives.

As for the other alternatives, incentives attract top performers who are confident in their abilities to succeed and thus have a higher pay; they are also a means to justly reward employees and turn focus to specific performance .targets