Katy cannot attain her growth needs, so she refocuses her energy on satisfying her relatedness needs. Her situation would be best explained by:
A) Alderfer's frustration-regression hypothesis.
B) Herzberg's two-factor theory.
C) job characteristics theory.
D) positive psychology.
Ans: A) Alderfer's frustration-regression hypothesis.
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