A Manager, Hired to Make the Company Profitable, Made Sweeping

question 9

Multiple Choice

A manager, hired to make the company profitable, made sweeping changes in the company. This manager was guilty of belittling the efforts of his managers and making them feel incompetent. In other words, he engaged in ____.

• A) reactive criticism
• B) invalid feedback
• C) unsolicited motivation
• D) demotivational feedback
• E) destructive feedback

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Definitions:

Participant Observation

A research method where the researcher immerses themselves in a group or community to observe behaviors and interactions from within.

Hawthorne Effect

The phenomenon where individuals alter their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed.

Participant Observation

A research method where the researcher immerses themselves in the social setting they are studying, often participating in the everyday activities of the group while observing them.