A production manager is concerned about the low output levels of her employees. Then articles she has read on job performance have frequently mentioned four variables as important to job performance: skill required by the job, rewards, motivation and satisfaction. In several of the articles it was also indicated that only the rewards were valent (attractive) to the recipients, did motivation, satisfaction, and job performance increase - not otherwise."

Required

Given this situation, respond precisely to the following:

a. Define the problem.

b. Evolve a theoretical framework.

c. Develop at least six hypotheses.