What Is a Difference Between Middle Managers and Upper-Level Managers

question 50

Multiple Choice

What is a difference between middle managers and upper-level managers that makes ethics training of particular importance for the middle manager?

• A) Middle managers place more pressure on their subordinates than they receive from their own upper-level managers.
• B) Middle managers are often younger and more inexperienced, and thus, they are in greater need of instruction.
• C) Middle managers have less hierarchical pressure to keep them disciplined.
• D) Middle managers have greater impact on the ethics of subordinates.

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Definitions:

Cultural Norms

Shared expectations and rules that guide behavior of people within social groups, often passed through generations and influencing social conformity.

Structuralism

An early school of psychology that analyzed the basic elements of thoughts and sensations to understand the structure of the mind.

Conscious Experience

The awareness of internal and external stimuli, encompassing thoughts, feelings, and perceptions.

Introspection

The examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes.