Some Scholars Researching the Psychodynamic Approach in Organizations Look at the Dark

question 89

Multiple Choice

Some scholars researching the psychodynamic approach in organizations look at the dark side of leadership and the atypical successes of leadership. They realize that

• A) Leaders, like followers, are not completely rational
• B) Followers, like leaders, want to have power
• C) Leaders and followers exchange power for mutual benefit
• D) People rise to positional leadership roles because they are rational

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Definitions:

Behavior Genetics

The study of the role that genetic factors play in shaping behaviors, including the influence of heredity on individual differences.

Genes

The basic physical and functional units of heredity, made up of DNA, that determine the characteristics and traits inherited from one's parents.

Environments

The setting or circumstances in which a person, animal, or plant grows or functions.

Nature

the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth as opposed to humans or human creations.