Recent Research in Change Management on the Relationship Between Personality

question 20

Multiple Choice

Recent research in change management on the relationship between personality types and resistance to change supports which of the following?

• A)There is a remarkable consistency in personality types and their reactions to three different kinds of change (structural, technological, office relocation)
• B)The majority of respondents demonstrated inconsistency or reacted differently to various kinds of change (structural, technological, office relocation)
• C)Reactions to change might be more situationally driven than was previously thought
• D)B & C

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