Trent Loves Working on the New Engineering Team

question 97

Multiple Choice

Trent loves working on the new engineering team. Everyone is so friendly, and there is never any bitterness or conflict. Trent is sure they will come up with the most innovative designs ever. Is Trent right?

• A) Maybe, but only as long as there are a majority of narcissists participating on the team.
• B) Yes, but only if all the team members also demonstrate rather high levels of neuroticism.
• C) No. Teams must have dissenters, questioners, and confrontational individuals in order to succeed.
• D) Yes. The absolute best makeup for a team is to have all members demonstrate high levels of agreeableness.
• E) Maybe, but the team members may be so focused on creating harmony, they may endanger task accomplishment.

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