In recent years, employers have been reprimanding and even firing employees for comments made online in blogs, Twitter, or Facebook. Using what you learned about the concepts of power in this chapter, construct an argument either for or against that practice.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary.

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Which principle should the team leader keep in mind to ensure participation from everyone on the team? a) Listen to minority point of vie b) Create a climate of effectively evaluating ideas c) Encourage people to see things and themselves as similar rather than as different d) Appropriately analyze and define the problem

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Prolonged exposure to loud sound can bring on:

a. the threshold of pain. b. cochleal synapsis. c. inner ear syndrome. d. tinnitus.

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Meaning is negotiated among team members by:

A. Revealing one's own meanings and adapting to others meanings through dialogue B. Bargaining, starting from an extreme position so you have room to give and take a little C. Being sure you have clear, specific dictionary meanings to rely upon D. All of the above E. None of the above

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Verbal immediacy refers to:

A) ?asking questions to the audience so that there is instant involvement and interaction. B) ?being close to the audience and directly interacting with them during a speech. C) ?using verbal examples that are close in proximity to the audience and that happened recently. D) ?using language to reduce the psychological distance between a speaker and his or her audience.

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