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bobthebuilder

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Which of the following statements is true regarding job rotation?
 
  A) It decreases the flexibility with which an organization can adapt to a change.
  B) It decreases employee motivation.
  C) It decreases productivity.
  D) It decreases supervisory workload.
  E) It decreases the flexibility in scheduling work.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true regarding people's interpretation of emotions across cultures?
 
  A) People's interpretation of emotions varies greatly across cultures.
  B) Some cultures do not desire love and happiness and interpret these emotions to be destructive.
  C) Western individualistic cultures such as the United States view pride as undesirable.
  D) Pride is generally a negative emotion in Eastern cultures such as China and Japan.
  E) In China, people report experiencing more positive and negative emotions than people in other cultures, and the emotions they experience are more intense.



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Answer to Question 1

C
Explanation: C) Job rotation increases the flexibility with which an organization can adapt to a change. It reduces boredom and increases motivation. Productivity tends to reduce when a worker moves into a new position and supervisory workload tends to increase because supervisors may have to spend more time answering questions and monitoring the work of recently rotated employees.

Answer to Question 2

D
Explanation: D) Pride is generally a positive emotion in Western individualistic cultures such as the United States, but Eastern cultures such as China and Japan view pride as undesirable. People from all over the world interpret negative emotions as dangerous and destructive, and desire positive emotions such as love and happiness.





 

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