Chapter 13 - Leadership Styles and Behaviour

Question 1

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leadership

Answer 1

use of power and influence to direct the activities of followers toward goal achievement

task and relational side

task: how effective a leader is at making sure follower can effectively manage tasks
relational: how effective a leader is at making sure followers get along and can work together

Question 2

are leaders born or made?

Answer 2

early assumption: born
now: skillset

Question 3

leadership emergence

Answer 3

process of who becomes a leader in the first palce

Question 4

leadership effectiveness

Answer 4

leader actions result in the achievement of goals, continued commitment of employees, develop mutual trust

Question 5

traits related to leader effectiveness and emergence

Answer 5

high conscientiousness, low agreeableness, high extraversion

talkative, presitge or referent power, no one else emergees

Question 6

models of leadership

day to day leadership behaviours:

Answer 6

leadership success dependent on two sets of behaviours; initiating structure, consideration

initiating structure: define roles within the group
consideration: creating strong relationships through mutual trust - any behaviour that creates cohesion

Question 7

day to day leader behaviour - initiative structure examples

Answer 7

initiation, organization, production

Question 8

day to day leader behaviour - consideration examples

Answer 8

membership, intergration, communication, recognition, representation

Question 9

life cycle theory of leadership

Answer 9

goal of leadership is to have team become sufficient through levels of consideration and initiating structure

different phases - telling, selling, pariticpating, delegating

Question 10

decision making styles of leadership

Answer 10

autocratic, consultative, facilitate, delegative

Question 11

telling phase

Answer 11

leader provides specific instructions and closely supervises - autocratic; initiating structure > consideration

Question 12

selling phase

Answer 12

explain key issues and provides clarification - consultative; both initiating structure and consideration

Question 13

participating phase

Answer 13

share ideas and help conduct work - facilitate; consideration > initating structure

Question 14

delegating phase

Answer 14

give responsibility to employees - delegative; low consideration and initiating structure

Question 15

leadership styles

Answer 15

laissez-faire, management by exception passive, management by exception active, transactional, transformational

Question 16

management by exceptive passive

Answer 16

only step in when problems are severe

Question 17

management by exception active

Answer 17

monitor problems and take corrective action

Question 18

transactional

Answer 18

reward/discipline employee based on performance

Question 19

transformational

Answer 19

inspiring others towards one goal
idealized influence: charisma
inspirational motivation: foster enthusiasm/committment
intellectual stimulation: encourage others to be creative
individualized consideration: mentoring

Question 20

leader member exchange

Answer 20

considers how a leader forms work relations with each member over time
- new relations –> role taking (leader says what is expected, member does it)
- over time –> role making (employee voices expectations, leader offers opportunities, employees puts in more effort)
- in group: high quality exchange (social xchange)
- outgroup: low quality exchange: economic exchange

Question 21

factrs that influence leadership - moderators of leadership model

Answer 21

substitutes - reduce importance of leader, beenfits employee perfomance
neutralizers - reduce importance of leader, no direct benefit on emp perf.