Question

 (10·上海B篇)

The following card includes a brief summary and a short assessment of a research

paper. It can provide a guide for further reading on the topic.

Trevor, C. O., Lansford, B. and Black, J. W., 2004, "Employee turnover (人事变更) and job performance: monitoring the influences of salary growth and promotion", Journal of Armchair Psychology, vol. 113, no.1, pp. 56-64.   In this article Trevor et al. review the influences of pay and job opportunities in respect of job performance, turnover rates and employees' job attitude. The authors use data gained through organizational surveys of blue-chip companies in Vancouver, Canada to try to identify the main cause of employee turnover and whether it is linked to salary growth. Their research focuses on assessing a range of pay structures such as pay for performance and organizational reward plans. The article is useful as Trevor et al. suggest that there are numerous reasons for employee turnover and a variety of differences in employees' job attitude and performance. The main limitation of the article is that the survey sample was restricted to mid-level management, thus the authors indicate that further, more extensive research needs to be undertaken to develop a more in-depth understanding of employee turnover and job performance. As this article was published in a professional journal, the findings can be considered reliable. It will be useful additional information for the research on pay structures.

 

69. The research paper published is primarily concerned with    

   A. the way of preventing employee turnover

   B. methods of improving employee performance

   C. factors affecting employee turnover and performance

   D. pay structures based on employee performance

70. As is mentioned in the card, the limitation of the research paper mainly lies in that      .

   A. the data analysis is hardly reliable

   B. the research sample is not wide enough

   C. the findings are of no practical value

D. the research method is out-of-date

71. Who might be most interested in this piece of information?

   A. Job hunters.

   B. Employees in blue-chip companies.

   C. Mid-level managers.

   D. Researchers on employee turnover.

Answer 1

69. C. 逻辑推理题。通读全文可知这篇文章介绍的是影响人事变更和工作表现的一些因素。
70. B. 从文中“the survey sample was restricted to mid-level management (此次调查只局限于中层管理人员）”可知答案为B。
71. D.