Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft, Expects Employees to Be Creative

question 36

Multiple Choice

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, expects employees to be creative, work hard, dress informally, and personalize their offices. This is an example of how

• A)employees imitate their supervisors' behavior out of deference.
• B)founders influence their organizations' values and norms.
• C)successful organizations all display a similar organizational culture.
• D)employees gravitate toward organizations that have no norms.
• E)organizational members learn from each other without realizing it.

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