The CEO of a Large Organization Once Commented How, Earlier

question 33

Multiple Choice

The CEO of a large organization once commented how, earlier in his career, he rented expensive artwork and displayed it in his office.'Top management would drop by my office and immediately get a sense that I was sophisticated and professional', the CEO explained.'I believe the artwork helped me to get promoted.' The artwork helped this executive gain power:

• A)because he and his artwork were not substitutable.
• B)by increasing his coercive power in the organization.
• C)by making everyone else's sources of power less relevant to the organization.
• D)through visibility.
• E)by decreasing his centrality in the organization.

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