Name and briefly define four behaviors of “brutal” bosses.
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Deceit: lying and giving false or misleading information
Constraint: restricting followers’ activities outside work, such as telling them whom they
can befriend, where they can live, with whom they can live, and the civic activities they can
participate in
Coercion: making inappropriate or excessive threats for not complying with the leader’s
directives
Selfishness: blaming subordinates and making them scapegoats
Inequity: supplying unequal benefits or punishments based on favoritism or criteria
unrelated to the job
Cruelty: harming subordinates in such illegitimate ways as name-calling or public
humiliation
Disregard: ignoring normal standards of politeness; obvious disregard for what is
happening in the lives of followers
Deification: creating a master–servant relationship in which bosses can do whatever they
want because they feel superior
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
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