Tannenbaum and Schmidt's Continuum Studies Suggested That Managers Should Move

question 51

Multiple Choice

Tannenbaum and Schmidt's continuum studies suggested that managers should move towards _________ leadership styles.

• A)task-centred
• B)quality-centred
• C)manager-centred
• D)employee-centred

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Definitions:

B.F. Skinner

An American psychologist and behaviorist who developed the theory of operant conditioning, regarding how behavioral responses can be reinforced by rewards or discouraged by punishments.

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A term from Freudian psychology referring to tensions and unresolved feelings that arise from different stages of sexual development.

Self-Actualization

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