What Social Threat to Internal Validity Occurs Because a Comparison

question 68

Multiple Choice

What social threat to internal validity occurs because a comparison group learns about the program either directly or indirectly from program group participants?

• A)diffusion of treatment
• B)compensatory rivalry
• C)resentful demoralization
• D)compensatory equalization

Understand the importance of co-workers as organizational socialization agents.

Evaluate the role of mental models and assumptions in shaping organizational culture.

Analyze the effect of corporate stories and rituals in conveying organizational culture.

Explore the characteristics and impact of organizational subcultures.

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Definitions:

Specialized Equipment

Tools or machinery designed for a specific, often technical or industrial, purpose, necessitating particular skills for operation.

Known Principal

A principal whose identity is disclosed to the third party by the agent at the time of a particular transaction.

Agent Liability

The legal responsibility of an agent to act in the best interest of their principal, facing consequences for failure to comply.

Apparent Authority

The power that a third party perceives an agent to have, based on the principal's representations, leading the third party to reasonably believe that the agent is authorized.