A Manager Hired an Employee Whose Performance Is Not Up

Multiple Choice

A manager hired an employee whose performance is not up to the organization's standards. The manager sends the employee to several costly training seminars and devotes much time to individually counseling the employee, but the employee's performance does not improve. This is an example of

A) Confirmation trap bias.
B) Escalation of commitment.
C) Framing.
D) Conjunction fallacy.