Principles of Management: Chapter 14

Which negative trait of some leaders is marked by a cynical view of human nature that condones opportunistic and unethical ways of manipulating people, putting results over principles?

Machiavellianism

Cynthia is a manager who has poor leader-member relations with her employees who perform unambiguous, easily understood tasks. She should use a task-oriented leadership style.

false

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

false

Leadership is the ability to marshal human, informational, and other resources to get something done.

false

Narcissism is a key positive leadership trait.

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

_______ is NOT a relationship-oriented behavior.

political maneuvering

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

the LMX focuses only on the behaviors or traits of leaders

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

transactional leadership

__________ power, which all managers have, is power that results from a manager's authority to offer praise and pay raises, even promotions to his or her subordinates.

Reward

______ leaders focus on providing increased service to others—meeting the goals of both followers and the organization—rather than to themselves.

Servant

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

There is one best style of leadership.

Medical knowledge possessed by doctors results in their ______ power.

expert

Which of the following is NOT a key quality displayed by humble leaders?

low self-awareness

Which of the following is NOT one of the eight leadership styles proposed by the revised path-goal theory?

servant leadership

______ leadership helps employees pursue organizational goals over self-interests.

transformational

The best leaders display both transactional and transformational leadership styles.

true