According to employee surveys, timely and personal _____________ from management are important.

A) bonuses
B) raises
C) promotions
D) feedback
E) text messages

The sentence suggests that the surveys show that management feedback is an important factor to employees. Option D is the only one that relates to feedback. Options A, B, and C all relate to financial incentives, while option E only mentions a specific communication method and not the content of the communication.