Leadership And Navigation

Question 1

Power that is created when a leader can punish those who don’t follow

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Coercive power

Question 2

Leadership approach where the leader sets a model for high performance standards and challenges followers to meet the expectations

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Pacesetting leadership

Question 3

Power created formally through a title or position associated with the rights of leadership

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Legitimate power

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Category of leadership theories the leaders influence through certain behaviors; Blake-Mouton

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Behavioral theories

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Leadership approach where the leader creates strong relationships with and in the team, members motivated by loyalty

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Affiliate leadership

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Motivation theories dealing with the amout of control in the workplace; motivation is seen as either absolutely irrelevant or absolutely critical

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Theory X/Theory Y

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Power that is created when a leader is recognized as possessing great intelligence, insight, or experience

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Expert power

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Motivation theory that states that the way a person interprets the causes for past successes and failures is related to the present level of motivation; Heider and Weiner

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Attribution theory

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Leadership approach in which the leader focuses on developing team members skills, believing the success comes from aligning the organization’s goals with employee goals

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Coaching leadership

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Leadership theory that focuses on a two way relationship between leaders and chosen employees; leader mentors them and gives them access to more information and resources in order to strengthen trust and support

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Leader-Member exchange theory

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Leadership theory that leaders possess certain innate characteristics that followers do not, and probably can’t acquire, such as physical and personality traits

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Trait theory

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Motivational theory that effort increases in relation to one’s confidence that the behavior will result in a positive outcome and reward; Vroom’s theory

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Expectancy theory

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Power is created by the force of the leader’s personality

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Referent power

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Leadership theory in which the leader’s goal is to serve the needs of their employees; emphasizes the sharing of power

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Servant leadership

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Motivation theory that individuals are motivated by a desire to satisfy certain needs and that understanding these needs allows leaders to offer the right incentives and create the most motivational environments; includes Self-determination and Maslow, Herzberg and McClelland

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Needs theory

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Factors that initiate, direct, and sustain human behavior over time

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Motivation

Question 17

Leadership approach where leader invites followers to collaborate and commits to acts by census

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Democratic leadership

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Leadership approach in which the leader imposes a vision or solution on the team and demands the team follow the directive

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Coercive leadership

Question 19

Power that is created when the leader can offer followers something they value in exchange for their commitment

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Reward power

Question 20

Theory that states motivation can be increased by providing employees with goals against which they can assess their achievements

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Goal setting theory

Question 21

Theory that states motivation is based on an employees sense of fairness; the individual compares their preceived value with that of others in similar roles and makes a calculation based on their inputs and outputs

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Equity theory

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Category of leadership theories that states that leaders can flex their behaviors to meet the needs of unique situations, employing both task and directive behaviors and relationship and supporting behaviors; includes Hershey-Blanchard situational leadership, Fielder’s contingency theory, and path-goal theory

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Situational theories

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A leadership theory that emphasizes a leader’s preference for order and structure; focuses on control and short term planning

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Transactional leadership

Question 24

Theory that leaders are not appointed but emerge from the group, which chooses the leader based on interactions

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Emergent theory

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Leadership theory that emphasizes a leader’s ability to inspire employees to embrace change; leaders encourage and motivate employees to innovate and seek out change that can add value

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Transformational leadership

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Leadership approach where the leader proposes a bold vision or solution and invites the team to join the challenge

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Authoritative leadership