<p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);">In the sentence, "Employees are asked to submit their picks for the best employee of the year in order to help upper management determine ______ will be given the award," we are looking for a pronoun that can refer to a person. </span><br></p><div data-answer="c"><span><br></span></div><div data-answer="c"><span>(A) "those" is incorrect because it is a plural pronoun and does not refer specifically to a person. </span></div><div data-answer="c"><span>(B) "them" is incorrect because it is also a plural pronoun and does not refer specifically to a person. </span></div><div data-answer="c"><span>(C) "who" is the correct answer because it is a pronoun that refers specifically to a person. In this case, it is used to refer to the person who will be given the award. </span></div><div data-answer="c"><span>(D) "while" is incorrect because it is a conjunction that shows contrast or comparison, and it does not fit the context of the sentence.</span><br></div>