Allen and Denny have been working for Yummy Treats for about five years, at the same level of management and doing similar kind of work.Allen has been focusing on setting specific and difficult goals and believes that exerting a high level of effort will result in the successful performance in his job and that is what he should focus on.Denny on the other hand compares himself to other managers, such as Jim who works for the competitor in a similar work position.He feels disheartened when he finds out that he is significantly under rewarded at Yummy Treats.From Denny's view in the above situation, Jim is a(n):
A)empowerment evaluator.
B)valence generator.
C)cognitive distorter.
D)external comparison.
E)internal comparison.

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Denny is making an external comparison by comparing himself to Jim, who works for a competitor in a similar work position. This comparison is external to the organization he currently works for (Yummy Treats).

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