Due to the Downturn in the Financial Status of a Local

Due to the downturn in the financial status of a local coffee distributer, the company had to reorganize the management structure by demoting some of the vice presidents to district managers, who will now be supervised by the remaining vice presidents. Based on the research of social role theory, you would expect the _____ with their change in status.

A) male managers to be more submissive than the female managers
B) female managers to be more submissive than the males managers
C) both the male and female managers to be more submissive
D) males managers to be more submissive and the females managers to be more dominant
E) females managers to be more submissive and male manager to be more dominant