Midway Through His First Semester, One of the Teams in Dan's

question 16

Multiple Choice

Midway through his first semester, one of the teams in Dan's class came to him with a problem.Of the four team members, all of them were doing their jobs except Stacey.The group had agreed to have Stacey as a member since they all knew she had a high GPA and worked hard on all of her individual assignments.However, as a team member the group agreed that they were not getting Stacey's best efforts.Which of the following is a possible explanation for Stacey's behavior?

• A) social loafing
• B) groupthink
• C) role conflict
• D) status differentiation

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