Adam, a Team Leader, While Assessing the Performance of His

Multiple Choice

 Adam, a team leader, while assessing the performance of his team members, came to realize that their performance was deteriorating. In order to motivate them, Adam adopted the four-drive theory of motivation and differentiated good performers from average and poor performers. Moreover, he designed a reward system such that it was tied clearly to performance. From this scenario, it can be inferred that Adam tried to fulfill the employees' drive to

A) acquire.
B) bond.
C) comprehend.
D) defend.