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Task leadership would be especially effective when ______.

there is a new cohort of faculty at a university

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Those who follow a task-oriented style may use ______.

to-do lists color coding in their planners sticky notes

A boss walks into a group member's office to request an immediate revision of a report the group member submitted the day before. The boss exhibits task-oriented leadership.

true

A busy schedule can make it difficult for a leader to find time to listen to his constituents.

true

A sociable person has pleasant interactions with others and brings positive energy to a group.

true

A team leader sees that a colleague is struggling to finish a project because he has his son's upcoming biopsy on his mind. She sits down to ask him how he is feeling about the procedure. This is an example of consideration behavior.

true

Accepting smaller committee roles is a good idea to practice and build one's confidence.

true

An individual's philosophy of leadership is shaped by their personal views and beliefs about the nature of people and work.

true

Another label for task style leadership is production orientation.

true

Behaviors regarding work and play are learned as far back as elementary school and continue to influence our behavior afterward.

true

Decisiveness is considered to be a positive leader attribute on a global level.

true

Ethical leadership approaches are concerned with the character of leaders, the duties they serve, the decisions they make, and the outcomes they produce.

true

Good leaders understand that tasks need to be completed and people need to get along.

true

LeBron James' confidence, charisma, and strong set of principles are all characteristics that contribute to his effectiveness as a leader.

true

Leadership and management are not the same

true

Leadership likely includes components of many dimensions, including traits, skills, behaviors, and relationships.

true

Most leaders will learn that it is important to stay focused and meet others' needs.

true

One way to think about task leadership is that it initiates structure.

true

Relationship-oriented leadership is situated on the right side of the task--relationship continuum.

true

Relationship-oriented people find meaning in being with others.

true

Those who tend to focus on relationships in their personal styles will likely be relationship-oriented in their leadership.

true

When a team feels uncertain about a process, such as changing a patient's bandages, it is important for the nurse leader to be task-oriented.

true

Women have found that a blend of task and relationship-oriented leadership help them accomplish goals.

true

Working through a problem, relationship people like to talk to others to address the problem.

true

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following might be an outcome of authoritarian leadership style?

workers may accomplish more in a short period of time it limits creativity of workers it fosters dependence of workers on the leader

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. A laissez-faire leadership style may be most effective for which of the following situations?

workers who are self-starters workers who excel at individualized tasks

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following are assumptions of Theory Y?

People are self-motivated people like to work People like responsibility

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following are assumptions of Theory X?

People do not like to work People want security Workers must be closely supervised

The style of leadership used by a leader is dependent on the situation or task to be completed.

True

Theory X supports the idea that workers want leaders to set goals for them.

True

This famous leader was capable of building others' hopes and confidence in the political environment.

Winston Churchill

A theory can be defined as which of the following?

a set of hypotheses, principles. or laws that explain a phenomenon

The competencies a leader needs to effectively manage an organization and carry out organizational goals are called ______ skills.

administrative

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Winston Churchill, who was prime minister of Great Britain, was known as ______.

an excellent orator a talented painter a prolific writer

Which of the following terms is referred to as a general way of thinking about something, not necessarily based on research?

approach

task and relationship path-goal leader-member exchange transformational

behavioral situational relational new leadership

Effective leadership is intended influence that creates ______ for the greater good.

change

______ is one of the six key traits identified as those of successful leaders.

charisma

Anna leads a volunteer group in her neighborhood. Her group has created a community garden, implemented a meal delivery program for elderly residents, and hosted neighborhood cleanup days. This is an example of which of the following?

civic engagement

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which characteristics would be associated with a determined leader?

clarifying the goals staying focused on the task articulating the vision

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. By noon, the task-oriented person who has a number of chores to complete will have ______.

completed laundry cleaned the apartment washed the car

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Another label for relationship leadership or relationship style leadership is ______.

concern for people employee orientation consideration behavior

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Instead of seeking out tasks, people who are relationship oriented want to ______.

connect with people celebrate relationships sense the company of others

how leaders identify the needs of diverse groups how leaders focus on followers' needs how leaders help people address problems and face challenges how leaders use their calling to motivate others

connective servant adaptive spiritual

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Task-oriented people tend to find meaning in job completion so they often use tools such as ______.

daily planners calendars to-do lists

Theory Y most closely resembles which of the following leadership styles?

democratic

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. ______ are examples of behaviors of those who tend toward task leadership.

describing the multiple quality control standards of a product development process handing out an agenda for an upcoming meeting

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following attributes are considered negative on a global level?

dictatorial asocial

Match the leader attributes to the type of leader characteristic (positive or negative) they best describe according to research conducted by GLOBE.

ego centric- negative decisive- positive

An authoritarian leader might do which of the following?

exert strong influence

A key trait, intelligence measures how high one's IQ is before considering his or her language skills.

false

A neighbor comes over with coffee to chat with another homeowner in the neighborhood who is mowing the lawn. The first neighbor is task-oriented.

false

A person has integrity because he or she says he or she is going to do something and doesn't.

false

Boxes in a house that have not been unpacked and items therein put away will bother a relationship leader.

false

Charisma is an extremely common leadership trait.

false

Mother Teresa won many distinguished awards for being a nun

false

Task-oriented behavior style is people-focused.

false

The acronym GLOBE stands for Global Leaders Organizing Better Environments.

false

Those with a relationship style are just as goal-oriented as those with a task style.

false

Washington agreed with the American colonies that he should serve a third term.

false

When students lack basic needs, it is fair to expect them to meet learning objectives.

false

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Relationship-oriented leadership is focused primarily on ______.

followers relating to other the well-being of followers the workplace environment

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Task-oriented leadership style involves ______.

goals procedures activities

An after-school program has the goal of taking students with academic and emotional problems and making them more proficient in the classroom. This is an example of how task-oriented leadership ______.

got in the way of what the students actually needed to succeed

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following best describes the "Great Man" theories?

identification of innate qualities of great leaders

The idea that leadership should focus on the communication between leaders and followers and not on the qualities of the leader describes thinking of leadership as a(n) ______.

relationship

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following are task behaviors?

setting deadlines for a project sending new procedures to employees creating a meeting agenda

Leadership can be thought of as a/an ______ or competency that can be developed to effectively accomplish a task.

skill

An individual whose personal style results in a tendency to be focused on job completion will likely be a ______.

task-oriented leader

Leaders attend to their ______ and to their ______ with people.

tasks; relationships

Authoritarian, democratic, and laissez-faire leadership styles might sometimes overlap.

True

A leader in a short-term role or with limited power to enact changes might use which of the following leadership styles?

Laissez-faire

people are naturally resourceful People lack ambition

Theory Y Theory X

emotional intelligence personality factors leadership traits charismatic leadership

1990s 1980s 1900s 1970s

A style of leadership that emphasizes leader control of subordinates, limited communication between group members, and subjective praise/criticism is considered to be which of the following?

Authoritarian Leadership style

______ built his first software program at the age of 13.

Bill Gates

The demand for effective leadership exists at the local and community levels, but does not exist at the national level.

False

The humanitarian work done by former President Jimmy Carter in his retirement is an example of a Theory X assumption.

False

Theory Y leaders use external reinforcement strategies to motivate their followers.

False

Which of these theorists can be credited with the development of management theory and the scientific management of labor?

Frederick Taylor

This famous individual led the colonies to victory over Great Britain.

George Washington

Place the following leaders in chronological order.

George Washington Mother Teresa Oprah Winfrey LeBron James

Which U.S. president is known for his charismatic oratorial style, a trait that afforded him influence over others?

John F. Kennedy

Specific behaviors and actions of leaders can best be defined as which of the following?

Leadership style

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following statements are true?

Leadership styles can vary depending on the situation or task leaders may exhibit a preferred leadership style

Which of the following researchers suggests that leaders are toxic when their leadership leaves followers worse off than they found them?

Lipman-Blumen

The leadership theories of Theory X and Theory Y were developed by ______.

McGregor

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. These leaders represent different kinds of leadership throughout history.

Oprah Winfrey Mother Teresa Winston Churchill

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Oprah Winfrey is known as having the following traits as a global leader:

Self-disclosure determination sincerity

Of the six key traits of leadership, which is the foundation of all good leaders?

integrity

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Researchers found that earlier leadership measures can involve change behaviors, such as ______.

intellectual stimulation external monitoring visioning

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following attributes are considered positive on a global level?

just communicative informed

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. When leadership is defined as an influence process, which of the following is true?

leadership is viewed as an interactive event between the leader and the follower leadership is focused on ahcieving group goals leadership should be ethical

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. The "dark side of leadership" refers to instances where a leader does which of the following?

leaves followers in a worse situation acts unethically violates human rights

A laissez-faire leader might do which of the following?

maintain a low leadership profile

Within a company, a leader who is concerned with his or her people ______.

maintains a fair salary range

Democratic leaders exhibit a ______ amount of leader influence.

moderate

Leadership as a behavior is different from viewing leadership as traits, abilities, and skills because behaviors can be ______.

observed

Susan Komives has conducted research on civic responsibility and leadership. She created the seven Cs of Change Model to describe the process of accomplishing what kind of change?

positive

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Confidence may be built from which of the following areas?

practice awareness a mentor