Karen learns that her new job at the bookstore has no other female employees.Thinking that this could lead her employers and coworkers to treat her unfairly,she declines the offer.This is an example of ________.
A)a realistic job preview
B)a person specification
C)cognitive dissonance
D)signaling

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Karen is using the information about the gender makeup of the bookstore's staff as a signal about the work environment and how she might be treated, which is an example of signaling. Signaling theory suggests that employees and employers send signals to each other about how they will fit and behave in the workplace.

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