Abdar Is a Successful, Modern, U

question 82

Multiple Choice

Abdar is a successful, modern, U.S. manager. He is most likely to believe that:

• A) discrimination is the biggest diversity problem for his organization.
• B) affirmative action is the biggest diversity problem for his organization.
• C) the differences diverse people bring to his organization are valuable.
• D) all employees in his organization should have similar values.
• E) tokenism is a diversity issue that must be overcome immediately.

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Definitions:

Social Loafing

The phenomenon where individuals exert less effort when working in a group than when working alone, due to perceived diffusion of responsibility.

Pseudogroups

Temporary or makeshift groups with minimal integration or common identity, often lacking the cohesion or dynamics of more formally established groups.

Disjunctive Task

A type of group task in which the group's performance is determined by the best-performing individual within the group.

Conjunctive Task

A task that requires all group members to contribute for the task to be successfully completed; performance is determined by the least capable member.