Benjamin Is an Employee at Apex Inc

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Benjamin is an employee at Apex Inc.Recently,he was moved to a new work team to help in the development of a new product.Sam,his supervisor on the new team,describes the set of behaviors that other team members will expect of Benjamin.Benjamin,however,feels that these demands contradict the expectations set forth in his primary role at Apex.Which of the following situations is most likely to be the primary source of Benjamin's dissatisfaction about his role?

• A) Apex Inc.has brought together employees from different functions to form a team,leading to conflicting expectations.
• B) Benjamin is involved in Apex Inc.'s grapevine communications channel.
• C) Benjamin is unclear about his work methods because others have different ideas about work processes.
• D) Apex Inc.has downsized recently,and employees' work is still going through quality checks.
• E) Benjamin is unsure how Apex Inc.will evaluate his performance on this new work team.

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