In a student task group Rich and Athena have exerted task leadership during the initial stages of the project which required each group to construct a ten page outline. The leadership style leaned toward autocratic due to members' lack of cohesion, motivation, and coordination

The second part of the project requires the team to construct a PowerPoint presentation. As the group begins the PowerPoint phase of the project, and as peer evaluation time draws near, group motivation appears to increase. Despite being highly ego-involved in the project and unsure whether they can trust some members, Rich and Athena should probably try to switch their leadership style from __________
to __________.

A. telling, selling
B. hoping, praying
C. person-centered, position-centered
D. Theory A, Theory B
E. raw power, coercive power


ANS: a

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