In Managing Virtual Workers, a Manager Should

question 46

Multiple Choice

In managing virtual workers, a manager should

• A) give directions only by phone or in person.
• B) make sure the worker is keeping to a fixed schedule of hours.
• C) set goals that focus on team members' personal enrichment.
• D) meet regularly, face-to-face.
• E) set up large teams composed of employees from different departments across the organization.

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Definitions:

Construct Validity

The extent to which a test or instrument measures the theoretical construct it's intended to measure.

Experimenter Bias

The possibility that the experimenter’s knowledge of the condition a particular participant is in could affect her behavior toward the participant and thereby introduce a confounding variable to the independent variable manipulation.

Conceptual Replications

A method in scientific research where a study is conducted again with the same hypotheses but different methods or in different contexts to validate the original findings.

Random Assignment

A method used in experiments to assign participants to different groups in a way that each participant has an equal chance of being placed in any group.