Please read the following scenario and answer the question below: Several service representatives are upset that the newly hired representative, with no previous experience, will be paid $3,000 a year above the usual starting salary in the pay range. The department manager explained that the new hire would not accept the entry-level rate, so it raised the offer. All five representatives currently earn salaries near the top of the scale, $15,000 higher than the recruit, although they all started at the minimum starting salary a few years earlier. All current staff members who are upset by this situation can be seen as an example of: Select one: a. Cognitive alignment b. Employee solidarity c. Emotional contagion d. Affective commitment