Exam 4 Study Guide

________ is the conflict-handling style that is passive withdrawal from the problem and active suppression of the issue.

Avoiding

Twenty-first-century leaders face unique challenges to address critical new competencies, which include all of the following except

defining roles.

A ________ is a set of expected behaviors for members of the group as a whole.

group role

The making of new mental connections regarding the creative task or problem at hand is represented in the _________ stage of the creative performance process.

idea generation

The primary purpose of _________ behaviors is to enhance employees' skills and to create positive work relationships among coworkers and between the leader and his or her employees.

relationship-oriented

A group member who says ________ is performing a maintenance role.

"Juan, you have been quiet lately. What do you think?"

Which of the following tips should be used by employees having a personality conflict with another employee?

Emphasize problem solving and common objectives.

Which of the following statements about incivility is false?

Incivility results from interactions with coworkers, but not from bosses or subordinates.

_________ are the dimensions of situational control in Fiedler's model.

Leader-member relations, task structure, and position power

Which of the following interpersonal traits has research shown to have a negative relationship with leadership effectiveness?

Machiavellianism

________ is an alternative dispute resolution technique in which a trained, third-party neutral actively guides disputing parties in exploring innovative solutions to the conflict.

Mediation

___________ represents an individual's general tendency to think, feel, and behave in ways associated with ethical and unethical behavior.

Moral character

________ conflict is defined as interpersonal opposition based on individual dislike or disagreement.

Personality

________ teams are assembled to tackle a particular problem, task, or project.

Project

Which of the following is one of the assumptions underlying nonrational models of decision making?

Rational decision making is a struggle.

Which of the following should a person do to avoid conflict?

Stop ignoring conflict.

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

Transactional leadership

The ___________ styles are inappropriate when the issue is important to you.

avoiding and obliging

An individual who enjoys working with others and enjoys social interactions in which opinions are openly exchanged exhibits which decision-making style?

behavioral

Which of the following are the 3 Cs of team players?

committed, collaborative, competent

Team ________ describes the collection of jobs, personalities, knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience levels of team members.

composition

Julie takes a broad perspective to problem solving and likes to consider many options and future possibilities. She has a long-term perspective and relies heavily on intuition and discussions with others, and is good at finding creative solutions to problems. Julie has a(n) ________ style.

conceptual

In the _________ bias, a decision maker subconsciously decides something even before investigating, and then seeks information that supports the decision.

confirmation

Forms of trust include all of the following except

constructive.

Which of the following is not one of the key leader behaviors that are part of transformational leadership?

creating an in-group

A(an) _______ tree is a graphical representation of the process underlying decisions.

decision

An _______ is the person who promotes greater understanding through examples or exploration of implications for a group.

elaborator

In making a decision,

evidence forms the basis of the decision.Correct

Managers use ________ in three different ways: to make a decision, to inform a decision, and to support a decision.

evidence or data

Which of the following is an organizational function of a group?

implementing complex decisions

Which of the following is not a situation that commonly produces workplace conflict?

individual needs being met

Which three roles are especially important to groups?

initiator, orienter, energizer

When a leader is encouraging employees to question the status quo and seek innovative and creative solutions to organizational problems, he or she is engaging in

intellectual stimulation.

When a leader is resolving disputes, he or she is engaging in ________ behaviors.

interaction-facilitation

Which of the following is not an advantage of group decision making?

less pressure to conform

Humble leaders display all of the following key qualities valued by employees except

low self-awareness.

Which of the following is not a symptom of groupthink?

overestimation of opponents

In which stage of the group development process are group members asking, "How can I best perform my role?"

performing

A global mind-set is an increasingly valued _________ trait.

task-oriented

A major drawback of _________ is that "winning the debate" may overshadow the issue at hand, leading to a less than desired conclusion.

the dialectic method