Question

Sheila is one of the managers at Benson & Parker Advertising, an agency based in New York. She is a member of a coalition of managers who are deciding whether to shift their headquarters to Texas. Even though Sheila is against the move, she decides to suppress her opinion because most of the managers of the company favor the move.

In this scenario, Sheila is engaging in ____.

a. commitment escalation
b. bargaining
c. problemistic search
d. groupthink

Answer 1

d. groupthink

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that in this scenario, Sheila is engaging in groupthink. This term refers to when individuals in a group tend to make irrational and dysfunctional decisions all for the desire to maintain harmony between the group. Which is what Sheila is doing by suppressing her opinion and voting the same as the other managers.