Two HR managers are writing an ad announcing a job opportunity but they disagree about which characteristics should be required of applicants for the position, and they want to specify requirements in the ad.
Manager A wants to require all of the knowledge, skills, and abilities that the position requires because they can't easily be changed. Manager B thinks it is OK to have some but not all of these characteristics because they can train a promising candidate to fulfill the requirements. It is likely that these managers differ philosophically about changing personality. Manager A likely holds the ________ perspective while Manager B probably holds the ________ perspective.
A) Heredity; environment
B) Behavior; emotional
C) Non-trainable; trainable
D) IQ; EQ
Question 2
One of your subordinates is very shy and does not speak up in meetings to express her ideas.
Your personal belief is that personality changes and develops over time, so you begin asking for her opinion during meetings in an attempt to include her in the discussion with the goal that over time she will feel more comfortable speaking up and be less shy. Your belief and actions show that you approach personality with the ________ perspective.
A) Personality
B) Heredity
C) Environment
D) Change
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