The HR Department at Bailey Services Is Considering Offering Telecommuting

question 50

Multiple Choice

The HR department at Bailey Services is considering offering telecommuting as an option to some experienced employees. At a meeting to formalize the move, the heads of the different departments met with Laura Watson, the HR manager. Laura, who thought this meeting would be a short one, was proven wrong when all the members, who had previously agreed that telecommuting would work in their company, began coming up with divergent views. By the end, two divisions claimed having major concerns about allowing employees to telecommute, and those in favor of it were equally vocal. This scenario depicts the operation of ________.

• A) role conflict
• B) conformity
• C) groupshift
• D) groupthink
• E) social loafing

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