Jan Is the Member of a New Product Development Team

question 5

Multiple Choice

Jan is the member of a new product development team.Her supervisor asked her how she likes the experience and she replied,"Our team seems to be suffering from homophily." This means that

• A) team members are afraid of persons who are more senior to them.
• B) team members spend all their time chatting about personal issues.
• C) team members are only interested in talking to people very different from themselves.
• D) team members only like other people whom they perceive as being similar to themselves.

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