At Meetings of a Major Consumer Products Firm,employees Habitually Stand

question 73

Multiple Choice

At meetings of a major consumer products firm,employees habitually stand up when the most senior executive at the meeting enters the room.This practice represents:

• A) evidence that the meeting has employees who hold countercultural values.
• B) evidence that the company has an adaptive culture.
• C) a ritual that probably symbolizes the organization's dominant culture.
• D) a form of deculturation that eventually undermines the organization's dominant culture.
• E) evidence that the company's espoused values differ from its enacted values.

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