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1
The following are contextual factors that influence the team’s design, processes, and outcomes, EXCEPT:
A)psychological space.
B)reward systems.
C)communications systems.
D)organizational environment.
E)organizational leadership.
2
All of the following are true about team norms, EXCEPT:
A)Team norms are informal rules and expectations.
B)Team norms apply only to behaviour.
C)Some norms ensure that employees support organizational goals.
D)Norms do not apply to behaviours that are important to the team.
E)Some norms might conflict with organizational objectives.
3
“Brooks’s law” says that adding more people to a late software project only makes it later. This problem refers to:
A)social loafing.
B)process losses.
C)team cohesiveness.
D)heterogeneous teams.
E)team composition.
4
Which of the following strategies reduce social loafing by making each member’s performance more visible?
A)Form smaller teams
B)Specialize tasks
C)Select motivated employees
D)All of the above
E)‘a’ and ‘b’ only.
5
Splitting a team into several smaller groups reduces social loafing because:
A)each person’s performance becomes more noticeable and important.
B)it is easier to see everyone’s contribution when each team member performs a different work activity.
C)each member’s contribution is measured.
D)each member is assigned more motivating jobs.
E)team members are more likely to adopt a collectivist value.





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