Dora Lee Has Just Completed and Scored the LPC Questionnaire

Dora Lee has just completed and scored the LPC questionnaire given to her during an evaluation exercise. She is surprised when she finds out that she described her least preferred co-worker in relatively positive terms because she recalls being particularly annoyed by this difficult co-worker several times in the past. Based on your understanding of Fiedler's model, you explain to Dora that her LPC score makes sense within the model because ________.

A) Dora has a spotty work history and has tended to switch jobs every couple of years
B) Dora is usually chosen for positions of high responsibility within your organization
C) Dora tends to become very dominating when given ambiguous tasks
D) Dora is usually much more focused on productivity than on developing relationships
E) Dora tends in general to focus on building good relationships with the other employees