Daniel Is an Employee at Atex Inc

question 54

Multiple Choice

Daniel is an employee at Atex Inc. Recently, he was moved to a new work team to help in the development of a new product. Chris, his supervisor on the new team, describes the set of behaviors that the new team members will expect of Daniel. Daniel, however, feels that these demands contradict the expectations set forth in his previous role at Atex Inc. Which situation is most likely to be the primary source of Daniel's dissatisfaction about his role?

• A) Atex Inc. has brought together employees from different functions to form a team, leading to conflicting expectations.
• B) Daniel is involved in Atex Inc.'s grapevine communications channel.
• C) Daniel is unclear about his work methods because others have different ideas about work processes.
• D) Atex Inc. has downsized recently, and employees' work is still going through quality checks.
• E) Daniel is unsure how Atex Inc. will evaluate his performance on this new work team.

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