Jerome Kovtur, an Employee in Hanjin Engineering Company, Has Been

Jerome Kovtur, an employee in Hanjin Engineering company, has been periodically asking for a promotion. He has not received one because none have been available. His performance is tops, and his boss intends to keep it that way. According to the frustration-regression hypothesis, his boss should __________.

A) tell him to wait until a higher position becomes available
B) listen and be sympathetic
C) create a higher symbolic, but necessary, position for Kovtur
D) assure him of promotion when it is available, and meanwhile provide him with some job-related material incentive