Perry was recently hired to join the marketing team at Axon International. He will be starting at the company in two weeks. Perry has the reputation of being an expert in ad campaigns and catching the attention of the target audience. However, he also has the reputation of not getting along with anyone. He does not care much about where or for whom he works and is primarily motivated to achieve goals for himself and beat his own records. Perry can be described as a(n)
A) star.
B) lone wolf.
C) citizen.
D) apathetic.
E) dog.

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Lone wolves possess low levels of organizational commitment but high levels of task performance and are motivated to achieve work goals for themselves, not necessarily for their company. Perry has had the reputation of being an expert in ad campaigns and catching the attention of the target audiences (high performance). However, he also has the reputation of not getting along with anyone. He has low commitment to the company. Hence, he can be classified in the lone wolf category.

Perry Was Recently Hired to Join the Marketing Team at Axon