A Group of Executives Meet to Decide on Cost-Cutting Options

question 67

Multiple Choice

A group of executives meet to decide on cost-cutting options for the company.They eventually decide to fire 15 percent of the employees,a decision more extreme than any of the executives had previously advocated.The decision is an example of:

• A) interaction-oriented leadership
• B) social inhibition
• C) social facilitation
• D) group polarization

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