Esmeralda Is a Worker in a Social Services Organization and Comes

question 18

Multiple Choice

Esmeralda is a worker in a social services organization and comes to a staff meeting with what she feels is a brilliant new intervention approach for the agency to adopt. The staff did not evaluate this new approach fairly or impartially. Rather, they nodded pleasantly in feigned agreement and proceeded to recycle the new approach into the same old routine. Esmeralda just had a glimpse of the______perspective of the organization.

• A) Static
• B) Credo
• C) Contingency
• D) Status Quo
• E) Cultural

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Definitions:

Allocentric

A perspective that prioritizes the group or collective over the self, often emphasizing community and cooperation.

Idiocentric

Characterizing an individualistic orientation or perspective, prioritizing personal goals and values over those of the group.

Reference Group

A group that individuals use as a standard for evaluating themselves and their own behavior, often influencing their beliefs, attitudes, and actions.

Power Distance

A cultural dimension that describes the extent to which less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally.