The correct option is A) indifference to rewards.
A leadership neutralizer is a factor that prevents a manager from taking actions to improve work performance, or makes the actions that the manager does perform irrelevant.
Neutralizers take away from the leader's control but don't increase the team's performance. Some examples of neutralizers are distance between the leader and the subordinates and experience of the members.
13.7 Substitutes for and Neutralizers of LeadershipSubstitutes for and Neutralizers of Leader BehaviorLeader Behavior Influenced1. Cohesive work groupSubstitute2. Low position power (leader lacks control over organizational rewards)Neutralizer3. Formalization (explicit plans, goals, areas of responsibility)13 more rows