To reduce the amount of non-recyclable waste that employees throw out each day,a major telephone company removed containers for non-recyclable rubbish from each office and workstation.This altered employee behaviour mainly by:
A)increasing employee motivation to be less wasteful.
B)helping employees to learn how to be less wasteful.
C)altering situational factors so that employees have more difficulty practising wasteful behaviour.
D)increasing aptitudes that make employees less wasteful.
E)increasing organizational citizenship so that employees will be less wasteful.

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The removal of containers for non-recyclable rubbish from each office and workstation altered situational factors so that employees have more difficulty practicing wasteful behaviour. Without easy access to containers for non-recyclable rubbish, employees are forced to reconsider their wasteful habits and make an effort to dispose of waste in a more sustainable manner. This change in the situational factors is likely to have a greater impact on employee behaviour than increasing motivation, aptitudes or organizational citizenship, or providing education on how to be less wasteful.

To Reduce the Amount of Non-Recyclable Waste That Employees Throw