QUESTION $27$

You have completed an important presentation to several Japanese executives regarding a proposed partnership between your American company and their Japanese firm. The Japanese executives were very silent during the presentation.

With regard to cross$-$cultural communication, this silence most likely means that the Japanese executives

didn't understand what you were saying.

disagree with your proposal and can't think of a polite way of telling you about their rejection.

weren't listening to your presentation.

have agreed to the proposal made by you.

are showing respect for your presentation

$q,$ QUESTION $28$

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the view of shared leadership?

Shared leadership operates out of one formally assigned position shared by two employees.

Leaders should share their power and responsibility to avoid self$-$serving bias among employees.

Leadership of an organization is broadly distributed rather than assigned to one person.

For organizations to move from autocratic to democratic institutions, shared leadership must be implemented.

A team should have more than one leader to perform effectively.