You Are on a Team with Two Individuals Who Are

question 78

Multiple Choice

You are on a team with two individuals who are "difficult." The work has been divided among the three of you, and each time your team meets, Jamelia and Jasper disagree about the progress of the team project. Jamelia is convinced that Jasper's lack of progress is because he is inherently lazy and not because of some overwhelming problem with the project itself. The truth seems to be that Jamelia is not doing her part of the work.
-What might you use to try to understand Jamelia and Jasper's behavior?

• A) satisficing theory
• B) decision-making theory
• C) attribution theory
• D) Surber's theory
• E) perception theory

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