PAF 410
My leader tries to appreciate what I am thinking and feeling in our interactions; he is using which characteristic of a servant leader?
Empathy
According to House, the following is not one of the specific types of behaviors commonly exhibited by charismatic leaders:
Giving structure to complex tasks
My math teacher not only helps me solve difficult equations, but she also wrote me a great letter of recommendation for the college I want to attend that has a highly ranked math department. She is using which servant leader behavior?
Helping followers grow and succeed
Transformational leadership ...
Helps followers to transcend their own self-interest for the good of the group
Leadership skills research attempts to ... -Identify multiple behaviors in leaders -Identify personality factors of leadership -Identify competencies that can be acquired by leaders
Identify competencies that can be acquired by leaders
Transformational leaders do not seek to...
Inadequately raise the level of motivation and morality in the leader and their followers
All of the following are characteristics of out-group members except ...
Innovative ideas
Openness in the Big Five Personality Model is defined as ... -Sociable, assertive, high energy -Organized, dependable, decisive -Intellect, being informed, creativity -Accepting, trusting, nurturing
Intellect, being informed, creativity
The Big Five consists of all of the following factors except ... -Openness -Intelligence -Neuroticism -Conscientiousness
Intelligence
The contingent reward factor ... -Is a process where follower effort is exchanged for specified rewards -Is a reciprocal process between two followers -Is a negotiated process with equal rewards for follower and leader
Is a process where follower effort is exchanged for specified rewards
The active form of management by exception ... -Is considered non-leadership -Is similar to individualized consideration -Is enacted only once problems arise -Is slightly more effective than the passive form
Is slightly more effective than the passive form
Why is ethnocentrism an obstacle to effective leadership?
It prevents people from fully respecting the viewpoints of others
Peter is leading an ambitious but high-risk project. The project group has not yielded any results the past two years but Peter is keen to continue the funding for the project another year. As he says: "We have already invested a lot of money in this, we cannot abandon it now!". What decision making trap is Peter making here? -Anchoring -Confirming-evidence -Sunk cost
Sunk cost
What is it called in Leader-Member Exchange Theory when leaders form a relationship with each of their followers?
Vertical dyad
Which of the components on Blake & Mouton's Leadership Grid has low concern for interpersonal relationships and high concern for task accomplishment? -Country club -Impoverished -Authority compliance -Middle of the road -Team
Authority Compliance
According to Path-Goal Theory, leaders adjust their behaviors based on ...
Follower characteristics and work-setting characteristics
Which is an antecedent condition?
Follower receptivity
Technical skills are the ... -Ability to work with things -Ability to work cooperatively with others -Ability to work with ideas
Ability to work with things
Which of the following is not a personality characteristic of charismatic leadership?
Agreeable
A leader who communicates high expectations, shows competence, and sets a strong role model is using behaviors of?
Charismatic leadership
Jasmine understands the complexities of all levels of her organization and successfully solves problems that meet the organization's mission. She is using which servant leader behavior?
Conceptualizing
According to Carton, Murphy and Clark, an effective vision contains a combination of ...
Concrete descriptions the organization's purpose (such as vivid images) combined with a limited number of values
Which of the following is not a task-focused leader behavior? -Initiating structure -Consideration -Facilitating goal accomplishment
Consideration
Which of the following is not a factor of transformational leadership?
Contingent reward
You provide a pay raise to a follower who has received high scores on annual performance reviews two years in a row. You are demonstrating ... -Management by exception-passive -Individualized consideration -Contingent reward -Management by exception-active
Contingent reward
Management by exception involves ... -Offering payoffs for employees who perform their duties -Correcting misbehavior by employees -Negotiating special rules and tasks with employees
Correcting misbehavior by employees
Mike is the new manager of the local transportation agency. He listens to employees' personal problems and tries to create a positive work environment by being agreeable, eager to help, comforting, and uncontroversial. Mike is displaying examples of this behavioral leadership approach ... -Authority compliance -Country club -Middle-of-the-road -Team behaviors -Impoverished leadership
Country Club
To create change, transformational leaders
Create a vision for the organization and become strong role models for their followers
You are the executive director of the local animal humane society. The staff you supervise have been working at the society for more than two years and you have given them consistently excellent performance appraisals at the last two annual reviews. You have noticed lately that they have brought new ideas to you for ways to improve customer service and animal care and that they are excited about helping new staff get accustomed to the workplace. Based on the Situational Leadership® Approach, which leadership style should you exhibit?
Delegating
According to Situational Leadership®, a leader should choose this leadership approach when followers are highly capable of performing a task and highly committed to the task ...
Delegating behaviorS
Persistence, dominance, and drive are characteristics of which trait? -Determination -Extraversion -Intelligence
Determination
According to Situational Leadership®, a leader who gives followers instructions about how and when goals should be achieved and supervises them carefully is using ...
Directing behaviors
The situational approach labels leaders' styles specifically as ...
Directive and supportive
The existence of different cultures or ethnicities within a group or organization is the definition of ...
Diversity
Which type of leadership gives no feedback and makes little effort to help followers satisfy their needs? -Charismatic -Laissez-faire -Transactional
Laissez-faire
Which leadership perspective is not leader-centered?
Leader-Member Exchange Theory
Leaders have to make decisions constantly. What statement is most correct about their decision-making process? -Leaders always make rational decisions based on the exact costs and benefits of all available scenarios -Leaders make decisions based on random priorities -Leaders attempt to make well-informed decision but can fall into decision making traps
Leaders attempt to make well-informed decision but can fall into decision making traps
Authentic leadership focuses on ...
Leadership that is genuine
Culture as defined in the text is ...
Learned beliefs, values, symbols, and norms that are common to a group of people
Principal-agency theory focuses on asymmetry in information between a leader and an employee. According to principal-agency theory, how can leaders mitigate the potential adverse effects of information asymmetry? -Leave the employee alone - he will do what is best for the organization -Offer the employee incentives based on the product or service that the organization produces -Attempt to watch the employee's every move and punish him if he makes mistakes
Offer the employee incentives based on the product or service that the organization produces
Which global leader behavior is also a leader behavior in path-goal theory?
Participative
I am really lucky to belong to an organization that places an emphasis on rewarding us for meeting challenging goals. My organization in this example is using which cultural dimension from the GLOBE studies?
Performance orientation
Contingent reward uses __________ reinforcement, whereas management by exception uses ________ reinforcement. -Negative; positive -Neutral; negative -Positive; negative -Negative; neutral
Positive; negative
Which leader behavior is the primary defining characteristic of Liden's servant leadership model?
Putting followers first
______________ is described as those abilities to understand one's own and others feelings, behaviors and thoughts and to act appropriately.
Social Intelligence
According to Leader-Member Exchange Theory, which of the following statements is false?
The leader usually expects extra duties from out-group members
Which point on the Leadership Grid has proven to consistently be the best form of leadership? -Authority compliance -Country club -Middle-of-the-road -Team behaviors -There is no best style
There is no best style
José has consistently exceeded his sales projections for the past four quarters. His supervisor gave him a promotion because of his high sales success. His supervisor is using ... -Transformational leadership -Middle-of-the-road leadership -Transactional leadership
Transactional leadership
Jackson tries every day to show his leadership is consistent with the values of the organization. This instills a strong sense of community and ethics within all levels of the organization. Jackson is demonstrating ...
Transformational leadership