Many companies pay all or part of an employee’s tuition for master’s degree programs. If an employee has taken advantage of this, it can increase the employee’s level of (blank) commitment. A. normative B. affective C. continuance D. psychological E. educ

The correct answer is C. continuance commitment. Continuance commitment refers to an employee's perceived need to stay with an organization because of the costs associated with leaving, such as losing tuition reimbursement or other benefits. When an employee takes advantage of the company's offer to pay for their master's degree program, they are likely to feel a sense of obligation to stay with the company in order to reap the benefits of their education. This increases the employee's level of continuance commitment to the organization. Normative commitment refers to the employee's identification with the organization's mission and values, affective commitment refers to the employee's emotional attachment to the organization, psychological commitment refers to the employee's belief in and support of the organization, and educational commitment is not a commonly used term in organizational behavior.