Alyssa Is the Leader a Work Team

question 8

Multiple Choice

Alyssa is the leader a work team. She creates a new rule that cell phones will no longer be allowed during team meetings in order to prevent any unwanted interruptions. This is an example of _____ which contributes to the development of a norm.

• A)a critical event in the group's history
• B)an explicit statement by a supervisor
• C)primacy
• D)a role episode
• E)a carryover behavior from a past situation

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Definitions:

Dynamics of Difference

The ongoing processes and factors that both distinguish and create variations among cultures, individuals, or groups.

Self-Honesty

The practice of being truthful to oneself regarding one's feelings, desires, and actions, acknowledging both strengths and weaknesses.

Cultural Competence

The ability to understand, appreciate, and interact effectively with people from different cultural backgrounds.

Ethnorelativism

Assessing, interpreting, and judging culturally diverse behavior within its own cultural context. Such behaviors are neither good nor bad, only different.