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question 24

Multiple Choice

Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
Management styles differ among organizations and may potentially affect employee job satisfaction. A sample of employees was randomly selected from each of three companies with different management styles (Authoritarian, Laissez-faire and Participative) and asked to rate their level of job satisfaction on a 10-point scale (10 being the highest level of satisfaction) . The data collected and partial ANOVA results appear below.

-The P-value for this statistic turns out to be < 0.001. Therefore, at α = 0.05

• A) we fail to reject the null hypothesis.
• B) we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that at least two mean employee job satisfaction ratings are different.
• C) we conclude that mean employee job satisfaction ratings are all equal across companies with different management styles.
• D) we support the null hypothesis and conclude that management style does not affect employee job satisfaction rating.
• E) we reject the alternative hypothesis and conclude that mean employee job satisfaction ratings are all equal across companies with different management styles.

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