A retail group gives every employee, from warehouse staff to senior executives, direct profit-sharing tied to overall company performance, expecting this to strongly motivate day-to-day effort at every level. Turnover among warehouse staff remains high despite the scheme. A director argues 'company-wide profit sharing should motivate all employees equally regardless of role.' Which evaluation BEST addresses this claim using the lecture's concepts?

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This is inaccurate: the lecture notes organisation-wide pay is most effective at senior levels with clear line-of-sight, since the link to daily effort is too indirect at operational levels

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This is accurate, since the lecture states operational-level employees respond more strongly to profit sharing than executives do

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This is inaccurate only because profit sharing is not discussed as a reward mechanism anywhere in the lecture's content

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This is accurate: the lecture states profit sharing motivates all organisational levels equally regardless of line-of-sight to outcomes

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