Ch. 13, 14, 5 & something else Flashcards
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This theory says that leaders treat individual followers differently. in particular, leaders and their associates develop dyadic (two-person) relationships that affect the behavior of both.
- Leader-member exchange.
- Contingency theory.
- Trait theory.
- Human relations theory.
- Leader-member exchange.
All of the following are the characteristics of a manager, EXCEPT:
- innovation.
- administration.
- reliance on control.
- imitation.
- innovation.
Path goal theory of leadership incorporates:
- autocratic leaders, democratic leaders, leader-member relationships.
- three major styles of leadership – task oriented, human oriented and supportive.
- four major styles of leadership – directive, participative, supportive and achievement-oriented.
- two major styles of leadership – task oriented and human oriented.
- four major styles of leadership – directive, participative, supportive and achievement-oriented.
Scholars of leadership would agree with all of the following statements on leadership, except:
- Leaders align people to a common goal.
- Leaders interpret and envision the future.
- Leadership has received much research attention and is a clear and undisputed concept.
- Leaders develop themselves and others.
- Leadership has received much research attention and is a clear and undisputed concept.
According to Fiedler’s contingency model of leadership effectiveness, the situational favorableness was described in the terms of all of the following empirically derived dimensions EXCEPT:
- the leader-member relationship.
- the position of power distance.
- the leader’s position power.
- the degree of task structure.
- the position of power distance.
According to Fiedler’s model, the implication is that in general, this style of leadership would be most effective in managing human resources in the large majority of organizational situations.
- Democratic.
- Laissez faire.
- Authentic.
- Authoritarian.
- Democratic.
According to the Contingency Model of Leadership:
- Human – oriented leaders are successful in the intermediate range of favorableness.
- Task – oriented leaders are successful in the very favorable or very unfavorable situation.
- Human – oriented leaders are successful in the very favorable or very unfavorable situation.
- Task – oriented leaders are successful in the very unfavorable situation only.
- A & B
- A & B
The experiments conducted in the Iowa studies were designed primarily to examine the patterns of _____ behavior.
- responsible
- aggressive
- independent
- cooperative
- aggressive
In the Iowa study experiments this leadership climate actually produced the greatest number of aggressive acts from the group.
- Laissez faire.
- Authoritarian.
- Democratic.
- Authentic.
- Laissez faire.
The trait approach is concerned mainly with identifying the personality traits of the leader.
True
False
True
If your employees are engaged in ambiguous tasks then based on existing research, which leadership style would positively relate to satisfactions and expectancies?
- Directive leadership
- Supportive leadership
- Participative leadership
- Achievement – oriented leadership.
- Directive leadership
Research indicates that the Achievement-oriented leader instill employee confidence in their efforts for achieving effective performance for tasks that are:
- clear and routine.
- ambiguous and non-repetitive.
- non-repetitive and ego-involving.
- clear and non-repetitive.
- ambiguous and non-repetitive.
In a study in the manufacturing organization, it was found that this style of leadership was the most effective on associates where they were involved in non-repetitive, ego-involving tasks.
- Supportive leadership.
- Directive leadership.
- Participative leadership.
- Achievement-oriented leadership.
- Participative leadership.
This leader is very effective in both highly favorable and highly unfavorable situations.
- Authoritarian leader.
- Authentic leader.
- Democratic leader.
- Laissez faire leader.
- Authoritarian leader.
The state like positive organizational behavior (POB) constructs have potential for understanding and developing leadership.
True
False
True
There is no research that indicates that the followers/associates may actually affect leaders as much as leaders affect followers/ associates.
True
False
False
In a highly unfavorable situation, while organizing an office picnic, Fiedler explains that a task-oriented leader is successful because:
- By focusing on the task the leader will be able to create a favorable situation.
- The human – oriented democratic leadership style works in very favorable situations only.
- If the leader asks too many questions about what the group ought to do or how he should proceed, he is likely to be told that “we ought to go home.”
- The task – oriented leader solicits employee suggestions for organizing the office picnic.
- If the leader asks too many questions about what the group ought to do or how he should proceed, he is likely to be told that “we ought to go home.”
In the early Michigan studies of leadership, 12 high-low productivity pairs of groups were selected, representing a high-producing section and a low-producing section. The other variables selected were all of the following EXCEPT:
- type of work.
- type of conditions.
- type of attitudes.
- type of methods.
- type of attitudes.
The statelike positive organizational behavior view on leadership contends that leaders are born with relatively fixed traits.
True
False
False
Due to the emergence in popularity of this theory, the trait theory has resurfaced in recent times.
- Two-factor theory.
- Needs theory.
- Big-Five theory.
- Multidimensional theory.
- Big-Five theory.
In the Iowa leadership studies, this type of leader was very directive by nature and allowed no participation.
- Authentic.
- Laissez faire.
- Democratic.
- Authoritarian.
- Authoritarian.
Using the four styles contingent on the situational factors, the path-goal theory results in leaders motivating associates by all of the following ways except:
- increasing personal payoffs to associates for work-goal attainment.
- making the path to personal payoffs easier to travel by coaching and direction.
- reducing frustration barriers.
- Increasing the opporunities for personal satisfaction to be independent of effective performance.
- Increasing the opporunities for personal satisfaction to be independent of effective performance.
An important, but sometimes overlooked, finding at the early Michigan leadership studies was that employee satisfaction was not directly related to productivity.
True
False
True
Fiedler’s model suggests that an effective leader in an unfavorable situation, would be characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
- the leader would take charge of the situation.
- makes decisions that need to be made to accomplish the task.
- makes the decisions keeping in mind everybody’s happiness.
- makes the decisions without asking for input.
- makes the decisions keeping in mind everybody’s happiness.
All of these were offered as principles of leadership in the video in the online lecture. (1) Leaders need to know the details of the business to be better leaders. (2) Leaders have to be obsessed with excellence. (3) However, leaders should not be too obsessed with data.
True
False
False
The path-goal theory, like the expectancy theory in work motivation, can help in understanding the complexities of the leadership process.
True
False
True
Correlating the Big Five and the trait theory, identify among the following personality traits, the one that has the highest average correlation with leader emergence and leadership effectiveness.
- Extraversion.
- Conscientiousness.
- Openness to experience.
- Neuroticism.
- Extraversion.
In which type of leadership identified by the path-goal theory, does the leader ask for and uses suggestions from associates but still makes the decision?
- Supportive leadership.
- Participative leadership.
- Directive leadership.
- Achievement-oriented leadership.
- Participative leadership.
Which was the one trait that was found to be holding up with a degree of consistency in the voluminous research study done during the formulation of the trait theory?
- Anger.
- Motivation.
- Commitment.
- Intelligence.
- Intelligence.
All of the following are the positional resources that a leader would reward an associate who is committed and who expends a lot of effort for the unit with, EXCEPT:
- increasing the formal roles and authority between the leader and the associate.
- increasing the volume of information shared with the associate.
- increased confidence in the associate.
- increased concern for the associate.
- increasing the formal roles and authority between the leader and the associate.
A recent study of top level managers in Fortune 100 firms found that compared to 20 years ago:
- more of them are male.
- more of them were educated at elite institutions.
- they are increasingly moving from one company to another as their careers unfold.
- they are making it to the top faster and taking more jobs along the way.
- they are increasingly moving from one company to another as their careers unfold.
According to the Whetten and Cameron model of interpersonal skills, the “communicating supportively” aspect consists of:
- identifying causes.
- coaching.
- resolving confrontations.
- empowering others.
- coaching.
One study, after finding a significant relationship between humor and individual performance, cautioned that humor and fun meshed with a more _____ and _____ leader style.
- laidback; democratic
- taciturn; strict
- active; involved
- charismatic; political
- active; involved
According to research by Mintzberg, this role recognizes that managers often spend more time interacting with others outside their unit than they do working with their own leaders and subordinates.
- Disseminator role
- Disturbance handler role
- Liaison role
- Spokesperson role
- Liaison role