Chapter 14

A manager who says "because I am the boss, you must do what I ask" is relying on __________ power. reward expert legitimate referent

legitimate

According to path-goal theorists, which leadership style is a manager moving towards when treating group members as equals and being friendly and approachable? Achievement-oriented leadership Directive leadership Participative leadership All of these are correct. Supportive leadership

Supportive leadership

When a manager says, "If you don't do what I want, I'll punish you," they are utilizing _____ power. reward legitimate expert leadership coercive

coercive

House's __________ theory of leadership says that successful leaders find ways to add value to leadership situations. path-goal transformational trait life-cycle

path-goal

When a leader assumes that others will do as she asks because they want to positively identify with her, she is relying on __________ power to influence their behavior. reward expert legitimate referent

referent

The personal traits now considered important for managerial success include __________. gender height self-confidence age

self-confidence

Vision, charisma, integrity, and symbolism are all on the list of attributes typically associated with __________ leaders. Entry field with correct answer informal transactional transformational contingency

transformational

The characteristics of __________ help them to clearly frame moral dilemmas, transparently respond to them, and serve as ethical role models. authentic leaders good old-fashioned leaders charismatic leaders transactional leaders transformational leaders

Authentic

What do we call the process through which managers enable and help others gain power and achieve influence within the organization? Entry field with correct answer Empowerment Vision Coercion Power Emotional intelligence

Empowerment

A leader whose actions indicate an attitude of "do as you want, and don't bother me" would be described as having a(n) __________ leadership style. country club laissez-faire autocratic democratic

laissez-faire

According to the Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Model, leaders who emphasize shared ideas and where followers are able, unwilling, and insecure are exhibiting the _____ leadership style. participating selling delegating autocratic telling

participating

What type of leadership exhibits a high level of self-awareness and understanding of his or her personal values, is perceived as genuine, gains the respect of followers, and develops a capacity to serve as positive role models? Servant leadership Moral leadership Authentic leadership Drucker's "old fashioned" leadership Transactional leadership

Authentic leadership

Which basis of power is described as "the capacity to influence other people because of specialized knowledge?" Referent power Reward power Coercive power Legitimate power Expert power

Expert Power

__________ leadership model suggests that leadership style is strongly anchored in personality and therefore hard to change. Trait Fiedler's Transformational Blake and Mouton's

Fiedler's

When a leader is honest, credible, and consistent in putting values into action, he/she is described as having which of the following? Reward power Immoral leader Emotional intelligence Integrity Amoral leader

Integrity

The pattern of behaviors described for female leaders has been called _____leadership. moral interactive task authentic relationship

Interactive

Which basis of power is described as "the capacity to influence people by virtue of formal authority, or the rights of office?" Expert power Reward power Coercive power Referent power Legitimate power

Legitimate power

_____ are factors in the work setting that direct work efforts without the involvement of a leader. Contingency models Substitutes for leadership Path-goal theories Behavior factors Leadership behaviors

Substitutes for leadership

Someone with a clear sense of the future and the actions needed to get there is considered a __________ leader. people-oriented task-oriented transactional visionary

Visionary

The critical contingency variable in the Hersey- Blanchard situational model of leadership is __________. Entry field with incorrect answer followers' maturity LPC task structure LMX

followers' maturity

According to the Blake and Mouton leadership grid, the most successful leader is one who acts with __________. low job stress and high task goals high emotional intelligence and high integrity high initiating structure and low consideration high concern for task and high concern for people

high concern for task and high concern for people

According to leader behavior research, a manager who acts warm and supportive toward followers, maintains good social relations with them, respects their feelings, is sensitive to their needs, and shows trust in them has __________. high in concern for task, low in concern for people. high in concern for task. low in concern for people. low in concern for task. high in concern for people.

high in concern for people.

Someone with a clear sense of the future and the actions needed to get there is considered a __________ leader. people-oriented task-oriented transactional visionary

position, personal

In Fiedler's contingency model, both highly favorable and highly unfavorable leadership situations are best dealt with by a __________ leader. task-motivated participative relationship-motivated aissez-faire

task-motivated

In the leader-behavior approaches to leadership, someone who does a very good job of planning work, setting standards, and monitoring results would be considered a(n) __________ leader. employee-centered control-oriented task-oriented achievement-oriented

task-oriented

In the Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Model, the _____ style works best at the extreme of low readiness, where followers are unable and unwilling or insecure. telling participating selling leading delegating

telling

According to Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership model, employee readiness is determined by __________. Entry field with incorrect answer task, relationship, and decision-making ability of the followers. intelligence, ability, and motivation of the followers. ability, willingness, and confidence of the followers in performing required tasks. position power, task structure, and leader-member relations. motivation, desire, and control of the leader.

ability, willingness, and confidence of the followers in performing required tasks.

The interactive leadership style, sometimes associated with women, is characterized by __________. emphasis on position power inclusion and information sharing use of rewards and punishments command and control

inclusion and information sharing

A leader who __________ would be described as achievement-oriented in the path-goal theory. sets challenging goals for others gives directions and monitors results builds commitment through participation works hard to achieve high performance

sets challenging goals for others