SCENARIO 5-4 You Have Been Promoted to Supervisor of a Work Team

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Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 5-4
You have been promoted to supervisor of a work team in your department.You remember from your OB course that high-performing teams are noted for the high-level of trust members have in one another.You also remember that researchers identified five dimensions that help build one's trustworthiness.In order to achieve high performance,you choose to focus on building trust among team members.

-Referring to SCENARIO 5-4,one way in which you decide to build trust within your work team is by

• A)encouraging members to practise quantitative analysis.
• B)instituting individual incentives.
• C)demonstrating good judgment in some situations.
• D)being truthful and honest.
• E)monitoring behaviours.

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