A Foreign Company Has Just Bought Your Company

Multiple Choice

A foreign company has just bought your company. As the news spreads concerning the buyout, employees are wondering why the decision to sell and what is known about the foreign buyer. You, as CEO, are trying to address these questions with little success. The employees' resistance is because of which of the following?

A) threat to one's self interest
B) uncertainty
C) lack of confidence that change will succeed
D) lack of conviction that change is necessary
E) distrust of leadership
F) threat to personal values
G) fear of being manipulated