Leadership and power

Question 1

What are the characteristics of an autocratic individual?

Answer 1

Someone who:

• is aloof
• tells people what to do and who to work with
• does not explain
• gives praise and blame

Question 2

What are the characteristics of a democratic individual?

Answer 2

Someone who:

• discusses and explains
• allows for choice and own decisions
• joins in with group activities

Question 3

What are the characteristics of a laissez-faire individual?

Answer 3

Someone who:
- prefers to be left to own devices

• only gives minimal help when asked
• gives neither praise nor blame

Question 4

What did Fidler’s Contigency Model (1964) look at?

Answer 4

• Leader’s personal qualities
• Leadership style
• Situational factors
• Based on studies of “least preferred co-worker”

Question 5

What does a high score on the LPC Scale suggest?

Answer 5

Someone who is accepted and person-oriented

Question 6

What does a low score on the LPC Scale suggest?

Answer 6

Someone who is domineering and task-oriented

Question 7

What is transactional leadership?

Answer 7

• First described by sociologist Max Weber (1900).
• Developed by Bernard M. Bass in 1980s.
• Workers motivated by rewards and punishments.
• Obeying instructions/commands of leader is primary goal
• Subordinates carefully monitored to ensure that expectations are met.
• Often used in business; when employees are successful, they are rewarded; when they fail, they are reprimanded or punished.