Esteban's Work Group Has Been Assigned a New Project by Management

question 47

Multiple Choice

Esteban's work group has been assigned a new project by management. Before deciding how much effort to exert on this new assignment, Esteban considers how important the group goals are to him and whether his input will help the group reach its goals. Esteban's thinking is most consistent with

• A) distraction-conflict theory.
• B) the collective effort model.
• C) the social identity model of deindividuation.
• D) persuasive arguments theory.

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