Lourdes Garcia, a high performer in ABC company, has been periodically asking for a promotion, but has been rejected. After each rejection, she has received a salary increase. She has continued to perform very well. This motivational situation can be best explained by __________.

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The frustration-regression hypothesis, part of Alderfer's ERG theory, suggests that when individuals face frustration in achieving higher-level needs, they may regress to fulfilling lower-level needs. In Lourdes Garcia's case, her inability to secure a promotion (a higher-level need related to esteem or self-actualization) leads her to accept salary increases (a lower-level need related to security or material well-being) as a form of compensation or consolation, fitting the frustration-regression hypothesis.

Lourdes Garcia, a High Performer in ABC Company, Has Been