Arif is the leader of a small group of human resources professionals. Two of the staff members, Nina and Bohan, disagree about the leadership traits that Arif displays in their work situation. This disagreement describes which of the main criticisms of the trait approach?
A. high subjectivity
B. century of research
C. lack of leadership emergence
D. usefulness in training and development
A. high subjectivity
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