As You Have Observed Your Department Manager and Her Interactions

question 131

Multiple Choice

As you have observed your department manager and her interactions with the department's employees,you have come to believe in LMX theory.Sarah and Joe get less of the manager's time.Sally gets fewer of the preferred rewards that the manager controls and John has a relationship with the manager based on formal authority interactions.Rebecca is trusted.Jennifer gets a disproportionate amount of the manager's attention and is more likely to receive special privileges. According to LMX theory,the in-group is likely to be comprised of:

• A)Rebecca.
• B)Jennifer.
• C)both Rebecca and Jennifer.
• D)none of the above.

Grasp the importance of similarity and shared tasks in group cohesion and performance.

Conceptualize evaluation apprehension and its role in influencing performance under observation.

Examine the impact of group size and composition on individual contribution and effort.

Understand the concept of social loafing and conditions that increase or decrease its occurrence.

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