Suppose the CEO of the company you work for tends to visit your location once or twice a year. This is actually rare in your occupational area. The last time the CEO visited your location, a new employee went out of his way to stand near the CEO and look for an opening to initiate a handshake. Evaluate the employee's behaviors, based on proxemics research discussed in the chapter
A) The new employee's behaviors are relatively common because low status people tend to touch those of higher power.?
B) ?The new employee's behaviors are inconsistent with personal space norms since physical separation tends to increase along with status.
C) ?The new employee's behaviors are relatively rare because people of lower status are usually shunned when they initiate contact.
D) ?The CEO must not like the new employee because physical closeness is inversely related to liking.
B
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