All of the Following Statements Regarding the Recent Trend in Japan

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements regarding the recent trend in Japan of switching from seniority-based pay to performance-based approaches are true except:

A) the switch is an effort to cut costs.
B) the switch is boosting employee morale.
C) the switch is an effort to increase productivity.
D) the switch opposes the traditional training of Japanese employees to cooperate rather than compete.
E) the switch goes against decades of encouraging workers to work in groups instead of individually.