MGT Ch.14 Quiz

__________ focuses on clarifying employees' roles and task requirements and providing rewards and punishments contingent on performance

Transactional leadership

Initiating structure leadership is more concerned with task accomplishment than employee satisfaction or retention

True

Among the positive attributes associated with leadership are

extraversion, agreeableness and communication skills

A possible explanation for the limited number of women holding executive leadership positions is that women typically do not aspire to be CEOs

false

Authority is the extent to which a person is able to influence others so they respond to orders

false

Carlos is a manager who has poor leader-member relations with his employees who perform unambiguous, easily understood tasks. He should use a task-motivated leadership style

false

Fiedler's contingency leadership model argues that leadership should be determined by position power only

false

Narcissism is a key positive leadership trait

false

Personalized Power is directed at helping others

false

The primary purpose of relationship-oriented leadership behavior is to ensure that people, equipment, and other resources are used in an efficient way to accomplish the mission of a group or organization

false

Which of the following is considered a "soft" tactic used to influence others

ingratiating tactics

In the ___________ leadership model, a leader makes desirable rewards available in the workplace and clarifies how followers can obtain them

path-goal

Power is the extent to which a

person is able to influence others so they respond to orders

Contingency leadership model determines if a leader's style is

1.) task-oriented 2.) relationship-oriented

Narcissism is a view manifested in such expressions as "All people lie to get what they want" and "you have to cheat to get ahead"

False

___________, which all managers have, is power that results from managers' authority to reward their subordinates. Rewards can range from praise to pay raises, from recognition to promotions

Reward Power

Which of the following is incorrect about the leader-member exchange (LMX) model of leadership

The LMX focuses only on the behaviors or traits of leaders

Which of the following statements is not a practical implication of the behavioral approaches to leadership

There is one best style of leadership

Personalized Power

directed to helping oneself

The primary purpose of task-oriented leadership behavior is to

ensure that people, equipment, and other resources are used in an efficient way to accomplish the mission of a group or organization

Medical knowledge possessed by doctors results in their __________ power

expert

Which of the following statements about leadership and management is true

management and leadership are complementary systems of action

The optimal leadership style for poor leader-member relations and high task structure is

relationship-motivated leadership

__________ leaders focus on providing increased service to others - meeting the goals of both followers and the organization - rather than themselves

servant

__________ leadership helps employees pursue organizational goals over self-interests

transformational

According to John Kotter, management is about coping with complexity

true

E-leadership is using information technology for one-to-one, one-to-many, and between group and collective interactions

true

Followers seek and admire leaders who create feelings of significance, community and excitement

true

The best leaders display both transactional and transformational leadership styles

true