Understanding Business
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Author: William Nickels
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Individualistic role behaviors
A.) foster negative feelings among team members and hinder a team's ability to perform effectively.
B.) are particularly important in team contexts in which decisions are "high stakes" in nature.
C.) include the roles of harmonizer and the encourager.
D.) focus on activities that benefit the team as a whole rather than the separate team members.
E.) directly facilitate the accomplishment of team tasks.
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