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Wage Strategy for Employee Motivation
A manufacturing company finds that it can hire new assembly line workers for $15 per hour, which is the prevailing market rate and the minimum these workers are willing to accept. However, the company's management is considering paying a higher wage of $18 per hour. From an employee motivation perspective, explain the primary economic rationale for why the company might choose to pay this higher wage, even when they could fill the positions for less.
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