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I need answers and explanations. A group of people has been…
I need answers and explanations.
A group of people has been working to construct hiking trails on abandoned railroads. Which of these group members is most likely to have the greatest mutuality of concern?
A high school student applying to colleges
A college student who needs some exercise
A volunteer who sells hiking equipment in his store
A volunteer who regularly takes his family on hikes
This attribute sometimes causes problems when self-formed groups approach complex tasks.
Proximity
Complementarity
Similarity
Attractiveness
The Dakota Access Pipeline protests began in 2016 in response to the construction of an oil pipeline in the area. Thousands of individuals from several Native American tribes and many non-Native American supporters occupied the construction site for months. Which of these factors played the most significant role in the group’s formation?
People wanted to protect the environment.
People wanted the status of group membership.
People were interested in the tribes’ activities.
People desired human contact with other activists.
A U.S. corporation recently renovated its offices into an agile working environment. Instead of offices and cubicles, all employees worked at large tables or in common sitting areas. New job applicants were given a tour of the work areas during the interview process. The company management observed that most of the U.S. candidates refused to continue the interview process after seeing the work areas. In contrast, most of the candidates from South America completed the interview process and accepted jobs. From a cultural perspective, which statement provides the best explanation for the responses of the different job candidates?
The United States is a collectivist culture; U.S. citizens prefer to work in spaces that have more privacy.
The United States is an individualistic culture; U.S. citizens prefer to work in spaces that have more privacy.
Countries in South America are collectivistic; people from those countries prefer to work in spaces that have more privacy.
Countries in South America are individualistic; people from those countries prefer to work in spaces that have more privacy.
During a university faculty meeting, an American professor compared his individual meetings with his Asian students with those of his European students. The professor noted that the Asian students spoke only when they were asked a question. He observed that there was much more verbal exchange with the European students. Which of these statements is the best explanation for the professor’s observations?
High-context and low-context cultures have about the same emphasis on nonverbal communication.
Neither high-context nor low-context cultures place an emphasis on nonverbal communication.
In low-context cultures, there is a greater emphasis on nonverbal communication than there is in high-context cultures.
In high-context cultures, there is a greater emphasis on nonverbal communication than there is in low-context cultures.
An Arab college student recently stopped and visited with his American advisor in the hall. The advisor later told another faculty member that the student stood far too close to him and had no sense of personal space. Which of these best explains the professor’s observations?
Personal space is strictly an individual preference and has nothing to do with cultural differences.
Individuals from low-contact cultures are more comfortable being physically close to others.
Individuals from high-contact and low-contact cultures have the same attitudes about personal space.
Individuals from high-contact cultures are more comfortable being physically close to others.
Researchers have found that members of diverse work groups have trouble working together initially, but become more productive over time than homogeneous groups. Which of these steps can diverse groups take to become more effective earlier in their development?
Acknowledge the similarities and try to ignore the differences.
Acknowledge the diversity and create a supportive climate.
Create an individualistic team culture.
Create a collectivist team culture.
A business professor conducted a study of the group behavior of project teams. Her data showed that compared to teams that had a large number of individuals from high-context cultures, project teams that had a large number of individuals from low-context cultures spent significantly more time in the stage of Tuckman’s model known as
forming.
performing.
norming.
storming.
A prosecutor on a legal team that is investigating possible wrongdoing by a corporate executive announced that he is leaving the investigation. There is still work that needs to be done. The director of the investigation plans to replace the departing prosecutor with another prosecutor who has been working on a different aspect of the same probe. How will the change in personnel affect the character of the group?
The new team member will have to learn the personality of the group.
There will be no change in the personality of the group.
The personality of the group will change so much that it will no longer be able to function.
The director will have to ensure that the personality of the group does not change.
The first director of the 1975 film Jaws was fired shortly after production started because he kept referring to the shark as a whale. When a new director was hired for the project, which stages of group development did the production team need to repeat to make the film?
Forming and storming
Storming and norming
Norming and performing
Performing and forming
