FRLD Leadership Behaviors

Question 1

Laissez-Faire

Answer 1

• view the development of their subordinates as someone else’s problem and demonstrate laziness

Question 2

Management by Exception-Passive (MBE-P)

Answer 2

• the “if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it” leadership approach

Question 3

Subordinates usually react to a leader’s passive behavior with two typical responses:

Answer 3

• social loafing and free riding

Question 4

Social Loafing:

Answer 4

• occurs when group members put less effort in their collective work than when they work alone

Question 5

Free Riding

Answer 5

• this can occur when group members pick up the lazy leader’s slack.

Question 6

Management by Exception-Active (MBE-A)

Answer 6

• keeps people and processes in control, monitoring and controlling followers through forced compliance with rules, regulations, and expectations for meeting performance standards and behavioral norms

Question 7

Transactional Leadership and Contingent Reward

Answer 7

• constructive transaction between the leader and the follower. These transactions formulate a sort of “contract” where the leader sets goals, identifies ways for the subordinate to reach these goals, and supports the follower in meeting these expectations
• “Fat, happy rats don’t run mazes.”