Chapter 13

Passive leadership is best described as -

Laissez-faire leadership - represents a general failure to take responsibility for leading.

Leader behavior is more important than leader traits when it comes to effectiveness

TRUE

behavioral styles approach

attempts to identify the unique behaviors displayed by effective leaders.

recent studies in trait leadership have shown emphasis on more _______ traits and styles like empowerment, fairness, compassion and support.

feminine

transactional leadership

focuses on clarifying employees role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance.

the goal to instill pride, respect, and trust within employees is called

idealized influence

behaviors associated with providing support, encouragement, empowerment and coaching to employees represent

individualized consideration

Tranformational leaderships

inspirational motivation, idealized influence, individualized consideration, intellectual stimulation.

behaviors that encourage employees to question the status quo and to seek innovation and creative solutions to organizational problems is called

intellectual stimulation

Charisma

is a form of interpersonal attraction that inspires acceptance, devotion, and enthusiasm.

The dimensions of situational control in Fielder's model are:

leader-member relations, task structure, and position power

researchers have found that there can be unintended negative consequences when managers use a ___________ approach with members from a team

situational

According to Fiedler, a leader's style is either_____ motivated or _________ motivated.

task, relationship

65 distinct categories of leader behavior that can be boiled down into 4 categories:

task-oriented, transformational, passive, relationship-oriented

Task-Oriented leader behavior

transactional leadership

___________ focuses on clarifying employees' role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance.

transactional leadership

transformational leaders

transform followers to pursue organizational goals over self-interests.

House's path-goal theory

which holds that leader behaviors are effective when employees view them as a source of satisfaction or as paving the way to future satisfaction