Question

Melissa, a manager at Greener Cleaners Inc., was disappointed with her team's discussion regarding next year's marketing campaign. Kwan, a fellow manager, pushed all his ideas through; they were good, but nobody else got a word in or had the opportunity to share. This group experienced _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

Social dominance.

Explanation:

Dominance is defined as control of resources or opportunity by use of force, aggression or submission. This creates inequality of opportunity for all.

Social dominance is a situation in a competitive environment, where individual or group dictate others behavior and have biased access to the resources or opportunity, which create discomfort and disagreement between two groups or individuals.

In the given case, Melissa was disappointed due to the lack of opportunity to share ideas in the team meeting as a fellow manager has dominated the meeting by pushing all his idea.