Vance recently took over the role of director of an academic unit at a large university. While Vance has a Type A personality and is very organized and direct, his predecessor was very Type B and liked to roll with the flow. Due to his predecessor's personality, it is likely Vance will experience a long period of difficult change due to which phenomena?
A) utilitarianism
B) formal regulation
C) ethics
D) historical precedent
E) anchoring bias

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The predecessor's Type B personality has likely established a historical precedent for how things are done within the academic unit, which will make it difficult for Vance to implement changes as people may resist departing from the established way of doing things.

Vance Recently Took Over the Role of Director of an Academic