Your Manager Has Just Informed Your Department That a New

question 36

Multiple Choice

Your manager has just informed your department that a new directive has created the formation of autonomous work teams at your place of employment.He claims that these groups will benefit employees and the organization since job satisfaction and job performance will increase.Does the research on autonomous work teams support his statements?

• A)Yes,because even if job performance does not improve,the organization generally becomes more efficient.
• B)Yes,but only if you are employed at a nonmanufacturing organization.
• C)No,but only if you are employed at a manufacturing organization.
• D)No,because even if job performance does improve,the organization generally becomes less efficient because of the need to pay supervisors overtime.

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Definitions:

Credibility

The quality of being believable or worthy of trust, often evaluated based on the source's reliability, expertise, and trustworthiness.

Elaboration Likelihood Model

A theory in psychology that explains how the likelihood of persuasive communication can lead to attitude change through central and peripheral routes of processing.

Peripheral Process

A type of information processing that occurs without deliberate, conscious thought, often based on superficial cues rather than content analysis.

Central Process

The fundamental mechanisms or operations that underlie a complex system or phenomenon.