Because of a recent economic recession and decreased revenues, you've just been told that there is not enough money in the discretionary spending account to offer end-of-the-year bonuses to the sales staff this year. You expect the staff to be very disappointed when you deliver this news since every member of the sales department has received a $2000 bonus each of the last four years and you suspect that employees have come to rely on this bonus for holiday spending. You recognize that it would be valuable to predict the reactions of each employee in order to best prepare them for the bad news.

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Which employee is most likely to accept the bad news and remain loyal to the organization? What led you to this conclusion?