How Does a Supervisor Initiate In-Group or Out-Group Relationships with Subordinates

question 41

Multiple Choice

How does a supervisor initiate in-group or out-group relationships with subordinates?

• A) The decision may be based on personal compatibility and subordinate competence.
• B) Assignment into a group is based on the results of the supervisor's least-preferred coworker scale.
• C) Subordinates are allowed to move freely between the in-group and out-group.
• D) Newer employees comprise the in-group until they learn their jobs, at which point they transfer to the out-group.
• E) The relationships develop in a random, unpredictable fashion.

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Definitions:

Subsidizing Consumers

Directing government funds to reduce the price paid by consumers for goods or services, aiming to encourage consumption or support specific sectors.

Efficiency Loss

Reductions in combined consumer and producer surplus caused by an underallocation or overallocation of resources to the production of a good or service. Also called deadweight loss.

Deadweight Loss

A loss of economic efficiency that occurs when the equilibrium for a good or service is not achieved or is not achievable.