A Committee Is Made Up of 12 Managers: Three Each

question 60

Multiple Choice

A committee is made up of 12 managers: three each from the sales, production, accounting, and human resources departments. They read a comprehensive study of the company they work for, and are asked which of its recommendations are most important. In discussion they find that the managers perceive that the most important recommendations are those concerning their own departments. This finding is most likely the result of what type of bias?

• A) selective perception
• B) halo effect
• C) Pygmalion effect
• D) self-serving bias
• E) projection

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