Which of the following statements best describes the current status of organizational behavior concepts?
A) They are based on universal truths.
B) Since people are complex, the theories explaining their actions must also be complex.
C) There is general consensus among OB researchers and scholars on the simple concepts that underlie most human behavior.
D) Cause-and-effect principles that tend to apply to all situations have been discovered.
E) Cause-and-effect relationships for most human behaviors have been isolated.

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B) Human beings are complex, and few, if any, simple and universal principles explain organizational behavior. Because we are not alike, our ability to make simple, accurate, and sweeping generalizations is limited. There are few straightforward cause-and-effect relationships in OB.

Which of the Following Statements Best Describes the Current Status