Benjamin Is an Employee at Apex Inc

question 69

Multiple Choice

Benjamin is an employee at Apex Inc.who has joined a new team.Sam,his supervisor on this new team,describes the set of behaviors that people will expect of Benjamin.He,however,feels that the demands of his new role are contradictory.Which of the following situations is most likely to be the primary source of Benjamin's dissatisfaction about his role?

• A) Apex Inc. has brought together employees like Benjamin from different functions to work on a team to develop a new product
• B) Benjamin is involved in Apex Inc.'s grapevine communications channel
• C) Benjamin is unclear about his work methods because others have different ideas about work processes
• D) Apex Inc. has downsized recently, and employees' work is still going through quality checks
• E) Benjamin wants to know how Apex Inc. will evaluate his performance on this new work team

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