Which of These Statements About Legitimate Power Is FALSE

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements about legitimate power is FALSE?

• A) Legitimate power depends on more than job descriptions
• B) Employees in Australia are generally less likely to accept legitimate power than employees in high power distance cultures
• C) Your boss's power to make you work overtime partly depends on your agreement to this power
• D) Employees are generally more tolerant of legitimate power today than were employees a few decades ago

Understand the concepts of the ultimate attribution error and fundamental attribution errors in social psychology.

Recognize the role of cross-cultural psychology in comparing psychological phenomena across cultures.

Appreciate the underemphasis of culture in social psychology and the reasons behind it.

Identify Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and their relevance in comparative psychology.

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