The CEO of Xenon Solutions recently cancelled numerous leave ...

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The CEO of Xenon Solutions recently cancelled numerous leave requests and asked several employees to put in extra days of work as the company was slated to meet several deadlines in the immediate future.
 
  In addition, he also assured that those who work this extra bit will be given their due leaves and additional incentives once the time crisis had passed. Following this announcement, Joan and Shane were overheard speaking in the cafeteria. Shane was resentful that his holiday plans were disrupted, and he was sure that the management would ultimately not provide any of the leaves and incentives it promised. Joan, however, said that she was sure that their CEO had a valid reason behind making such a request and that if they put in the extra effort, they would be rewarded suitably. From the information provided in the scenario, which of the following statements can be inferred?
  A) Shane has a high degree of empathy.
  B) The leader-member relations between Shane and the CEO are the same as that between Joan and the CEO.
  C) Joan has a high degree of trust propensity.
  D) Shane has a high degree of identification-based trust in the CEO.
  E) Shane is one of the members of the CEO's ingroups.

Question 2

Which of the following is an overt form of sexual harassment?
 
  A) being too friendly
  B) pinups posted in the workplace
  C) off-color jokes
  D) unwanted physical touching
  E) unwanted looks or comments

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Answer to Question 1

C
Explanation: C) Trust propensity refers to how likely a particular employee is to trust a leader. Some people are simply more likely to believe others can be trusted. In this scenario, Joan reflects a high degree of trust propensity and feels that her CEO's words and actions can be trusted.

Answer to Question 2

D
Explanation: D) Organizations have generally made progress toward limiting overt forms of sexual harassment. This includes unwanted physical touching, recurring requests for dates when it is made clear the person isn't interested, and coercive threats that a person will lose his or her job for refusing a sexual proposition. Problems today are likely to surface around more subtle forms of sexual harassment like unwanted looks or comments, off-color jokes, sexual artifacts like pinups posted in the workplace, or misinterpretations of where the line between being friendly ends and harassment begins.