If you have a team that is low on conscientiousness, which of the following would you recommend?

A) They need a team charter.

B) They need to give each member a voice.

C) They need to engage in team reflectivity

D) They need to follow the norms they created.

E) They need to define the task and maintenance roles.

Answer: E) They need to define the task and maintenance.

Explanation:

Conscientiousness means being thorough and careful in one's task performance. A team that is low on Conscientiousness need to define task and maintenance.

The correct answer is letter "E": They need to define the task and maintenance roles.

Explanation:

The Big Five (5) personality traits are applied in business to describe employee performance. Those factors are Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Employees with low Conscientiousness tend to be lazy and are easily distracted. Employees with high Conscientiousness work efficiently and meticulously.

In that case, if in a group low conscientiousness is identified managers should assign tasks so each worker will know what to do at what time.