As You Have Observed Your Department Manager and Her Interactions

question 16

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, which of the following employees is likely to be included in the out-group?

• A) Rebecca only
• B) Jennifer only
• C) Sarah and Jennifer only
• D) Sarah and Joe only
• E) Sarah, Joe, Sally, and John only

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Definitions:

Wages

Compensation given to employees for their work, often determined by the hour, day, or by the amount of work completed.

Labor Force

The labor force comprises all the working-age population that is either employed or actively seeking employment.

Discrimination

Unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

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Units consisting of one or more people who live in the same dwelling and share meals or living accommodation; considered basic units of consumer behavior.