Select the linking word(s) in each item.

1. On the one hand, employees have to work more hours, but on the other hand, they receive overtime pay or extra time off.
2. In spite of launching a new and innovative product line, they have lowered their profit expectations.
3. Even though no performance scheme will fit every occasion, the fuel-saving study does suggest an approach worth trying more broadly.
4. Although salaries were not increased for captains, the fact that the company was taking an interest in fuel saving, and acknowledging success, seemed to delight them.
5. Executives are often those who receive performance-related pay. Nevertheless, it is often difficult to evaluate how well they have performed.
6. Despite finding that rewards could lead to employee motivation, management decided to stop the rewards system completely.
7. On the one hand, we keep getting more and more work to do. On the other hand, we were told by management that we shouldn’t work overtime.
8. Despite the fact that the targets were set in discussion with department heads, they are proving to be unrealistic in some areas.
9. In spite of the fact that several experiments had shown that it was less effective than other schemes, they continued to use performance-related pay.