A furniture manufacturing company in the city of Capontash has decided to start operations in the underdeveloped island country of Ballowan. None of its operations staff and trainers want to move to Ballowan because the towns there are not as developed as the towns in Capontash. Therefore, the company gives the top 10 best-performing employees of the next quarter an option to not relocate to Ballowan. Which of the following theories of motivation does this scenario best illustrate?
A) Equity theory
B) Reinforcement theory
C) Alderfer's ERG Theory
D) McClelland's Learned Needs Theory

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Reinforcement theory is illustrated here as the company is using a reward (option to not relocate) to encourage desired behavior (high performance).

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