Boundary Spanning Can Be Stressful and Challenging

question 7

Multiple Choice

Boundary spanning can be stressful and challenging.What characterizes role overload??

• A)When a person does not have enough responsibility to justify their membership on the team.
• B)When a person has too much work to do in the time available.
• C)When there is too much overlap among members' roles on the team.
• D)When there are too many people on the team filling too many roles.

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Definitions:

Excitation Reaction

A physiological response that increases the activity or efficiency of a part of the body or brain.

Receptor Sites

Specific regions on the surface of a cell where molecules such as neurotransmitters can bind to initiate a cellular response.

Agonist

A substance that fully activates the receptor it binds to, producing a full biological response.

Antagonist

In physiology, a muscle that acts in opposition to the action of another muscle, called the agonist; in pharmacology, a substance that inhibits the action of another substance.