An Organizational Behaviour Class Requires Completion of Individual Assignments and a Team

question 180

Multiple Choice

An organizational behaviour class requires completion of individual assignments and a team project.Josh,George,Megan,and Kristin are members of one team in this class.The team project involves a written case analysis and a presentation of the results to the class,and members of the team will receive the same grade for this work.Josh and Kristin worked extremely hard on the team project.George and Megan believed that the team would receive a good grade because of Josh and Kristin's work,and so rather than working hard on the team project,they put all their effort in their individual assignments.George and Megan engaged in

• A)groupthink.
• B)staff validity loss.
• C)hierarchical sensitivity.
• D)social loafing.
• E)transition loss.

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