Rainbow Corp. hires a new secretary, Polonova, who differs from the vast majority of the company's employees in terms of her ethnicity. The company has a collectivist culture with a culturally diverse workforce and several policies to support the minorities. Yet, after a few weeks, she quits the company. Which of the following, if true, helps explain why she quit?

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Hiring new employees who differ from the majority in race, age, gender, disability, or other characteristics creates a paradox: management wants to demonstrate support for the differences these employees bring to the workplace, but newcomers who wish to fit in must accept the organization's core cultural values. In this case, Polonova couldn't accept the organization's collectivist culture due to her individualistic nature and hence quit. All other options are either irrelevant or add to the seeming paradox. If all secretaries were paid equal salaries, then it offers no grounds for Polonova to quit.