Jane leads a task force developing specifications for a new customer database to be used by several departments. Jane is an IT supervisor, but most of the other task force members are directors of other departments. At the first meeting, a few of them asked questions that she couldn't answer. According to the contingency model, Jane's situational control is likely
A. high.
B. moderate.
C. low.
D. extremely high.
E. unknown.
C. low.
Leader-member relations are likely poor because Jane can't answer her colleagues' questions. The task is relatively unstructured because it is new and complex. Jane has little position power. These lead to a low-control situation.
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