At Zawa Chemicals in Riyadh, Ashia Has Just Been Promoted

At Zawa Chemicals in Riyadh, Ashia has just been promoted to a team manager role. She is well deserving of the promotion, having demonstrated excellent ability and having produced solid results on her previous projects. She is also popular among her colleagues. However, the three men that she will now be managing have not responded positively to news of her appointment. She faces negative reactions from these subordinates. Assess the individual responses, and try to identify the factor causing the response.
-Another team member, Habib, is a lot more confident than the others in his team. He likes to believe that he can excel at any project. He was very disappointed not to get the promotion himself, and cannot understand why the company promoted Ashia, who he does not respect and thinks is much less capable than him. His response indicates that ______________.

A) he would prefer to report to Rahman
B) he has self-esteem issues
C) he has an ego complex
D) he lacks assertiveness
E) he is not committed to his job