Blake Construction is having a difficult time recruiting qualified external candidates. As the manager of human

resources, you suggest offering a $1,500 employee referral bonus, provided the candidate makes it past the sixmonth probationary period. One reason the creation of an employee referral program makes sense is that:
a. employees may want to suggest friends or family members, even if they are not qualified.
b. employees who make a referral have a vested interest in the new hire succeeding.
c. employees who are referred tend to perform better than the employees who referred them.
d. it's easy to determine if the person referred is good based on the work ethic of the employee who made thereferral.

b