leadership

Question 1

what are personal characteristics associated with leadership?

Answer 1

leader emergence & leader performance

Question 2

what is leader emergence?

Answer 2

people who become leaders possess traits or characteristics different from people who do not become leaders

Question 3

the motivation to lead as a result of a desire to be in charge and lead others

Answer 3

affective identity motivation

Question 4

those who seek leadership positions because they will result in personal gain

Answer 4

noncalculative motivation

Question 5

the desire to lead out of a sense of duty or responsibility

Answer 5

social normative motivation

Question 6

what is leader performance?

Answer 6

leaders who perform well possess certain characteristics that poorly performing leaders do not

Question 7

what are the three areas that personal characteristics and leadership performance has concentrated on?

Answer 7

traits, needs, orientation

Question 8

what are traits positively related to leader performance?

Answer 8

extraversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness

Question 9

what are traits negatively related to leader performance?

Answer 9

neuroticism

Question 10

tendency to adapt one’s behavior to fit a particular social situation

Answer 10

self-monitoring

Question 11

3 needs by McClelland

Answer 11

need for power - to be in control of other people

need for achievement - to be successful

need for affiliation - to be around other people

Question 12

what is the leadership motive pattern?

Answer 12

high need for power and low need for affiliation, not for personal power but for organizational power

Question 13

how to measure needs?

Answer 13

TAT - projective personality test in which test takers are asked to tell a story about shown pictures

JCE - objective tests in which a person reads descriptions of job that involve varying degrees of power, achievement, affiliation needs and rates how desirable he finds each job

Question 14

2 orientation of leader performance

Answer 14

task & person orientation

Question 15

a measure of leadership that classifies a leader into one of five leadership styles

Answer 15

managerial grid

Question 16

what are person oriented leaders?

Answer 16

act in a warm and supportive manner and show concern for their subordinates, becomes socially withdrawn when under pressure

Question 17

a style of leadership in which the leader is concerned about the well-being of employees but is not task oriented

Answer 17

country club leaders

Question 18

leaders who believe that employees are intrinsically motivated and thus lead with a “hands-off” or participative approach

Answer 18

theory y leaders

Question 19

what are task oriented leaders?

Answer 19

define and structure their own roles and those of their subordinates to attain the group’s formal goals, they become anxious, defensive, dominant when under pressure

Question 20

leaders who believe that employees are extrinsically motivated and thus lead by giving directives and setting goals

Answer 20

theory x leaders

Question 21

the extent to which leaders define and structure their roles and roles of subordinates

Answer 21

initiating structure

Question 22

a leadership style in which the leader is concerned with productivity and employee well-being

Answer 22

team leadership

Question 23

style of leadership in which leader is concerned with neither productivity nor the well-being of employees

Answer 23

impoverished leadership

Question 24

a leadership style reflecting a balanced orientation between people and tasks

Answer 24

middle-of-the-road leadership

Question 25

how can a leader’s task or person orientation be measured?

Answer 25

LOQ - filled out by supervisors or leaders who want to know their own behavioral style

LBDQ - completed by subordinates to provide picture of how they perceive their leader’s behavior

Question 26

traits of unsuccessful leaders

Answer 26

lack of training, cognitive deficiencies, personality,