Juan Regales Works as a Repair Technician for the Telephone

Juan Regales works as a repair technician for the telephone company. Juan's primary job is to fix the equipment at the top of utility poles. He spends 95 percent of his time working alone. One of the reasons Juan enjoys his job is that he can count exactly how many repairs he has completed in one day. Juan's company is promoting teamwork and has proposed replacing the current individual performance assessment plan with a plan basing pay on team performance. If such a plan were implemented, Juan's motivation would MOST LIKELY ________.

A) increase because of the opportunity to have a sense of camaraderie
B) decrease because Juan obviously lacks social skills
C) increase because he could complete more calls, which is the source of his extrinsic motivation
D) decrease because Juan's individual output may not be accurately assessed