Management Chapter 14 Quiz

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? glad-handing narcissism sociopathy psychopathy Machiavellianism

Machiavellianism

Which of the following statements is NOT a practical implication of the behavioral approaches to leadership? it is important to train managers on the various forms of relationship leadership a leader's behavior is more impotent that his or her traits There is one best style of leadership how effective a particular leadership behavior is depends on the situation at hand it is important to train managers on the various forms of task leadership

There is one best style of leadership

Medical knowledge possessed by doctors results in their ______ power. reward legitimate coercive referent expert

expert

Which of the following is considered a "soft" tactic used to influence others? ingratiating tactics exchange tactics coalition tactics legitimating tactics pressure tactics

ingratiating tactics

_______ is NOT a relationship-oriented behavior. political maneuvering consideration empowering leadership ethical leadership servant leadership

political maneuvering

__________ 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. legitimate expert coercive reward referent

reward

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

servant

Which of the following is NOT one of the eight leadership styles proposed by the revised path-goal theory? path-goal clarifying work-facilitation servant leadership representation and networking value-based

servant leadership

Which of the following is FALSE about the leader-member exchange (LMX) model of leadership? the LMX focus only on the behaviors or traits of leaders the LMX model assumes each manager-subordinate relationship is unique the quality of the relationship between managers and subordinates is related to turnover the LMX model looks at the quality of relationships between managers and subordinates the LMX model emphasizes that leaders have different sorts of relationships with different subordinates

the LMX focus only on the behaviors or traits of leaders

______ leadership helps employees pursue organizational goals over self-interests. transactional service shared transformational laissez-faire

transformational