Which of the Following Helps Managers to Increase Their Empathy

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following helps managers to increase their empathy with subordinates?

• A)Managers who occasionally work in their subordinates' jobs along with their employees.
• B)Infrequent contact with subordinates.
• C)Managers should take a training program where they learn about primacy and recency effects.
• D)Managers should work together in executive offices away from their employees.
• E)Managers should use formal written media (e.g. memos, reports) rather than face-to-face interaction when communicating new directives to employees.

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Definitions:

Quasi-experimental Designs

Research designs that attempt to establish cause-and-effect relationships but lack random assignment to treatment and control groups.

Random Assignment

The allocation of study participants to different groups by chance, minimizing pre-existing differences between those groups.

True Experiments

A type of scientific experiment where the researcher manipulates one variable, and controls/randomizes the rest of the variables.

Construct Validity

The degree to which a test or instrument accurately measures the theoretical construct it is intended to measure.