Organization Leadership Finals Preview

Later studies of LMX found all of the following except________.

Interest in studying LMX has diminished

In path-goal theory, the three main components are_______________.

Leader style, follower characteristics, and work setting

The SLII model is divided into two parts:______________

Leadership style and follower development level

Authentic leadership focuses on________.

Leadership that is genuine

The four key elements of the definition of leadership used in the text are?

Process, Influence, Group, Goal

Tasks that are unclear and ambiguous call for leadership input ___________.

Provides structure

During the stranger phase of leadership making, the roles are__________.

Scripted

During the acquaintance phase of leadership making, the role are________.

Tested

In George's model of authentic leadership, the central component or as he called it "true north" is______________.

The Leader

If and employee is uncertain that her efforts will pay off then path-goal theory suggest_________.

The leader should prove that the employee's effort will be rewarded

A personal trauma that leads a person to becoming an authentic leader is known as a trigger event. True or False?

True

Passion and compassion are__________.

Characteristics of authentic leadership that can be developed

Which type of leadership is most similar to transformational leadership?

Charismatic

Leadership generates motivation by ______________.

Clarifying the path to goal accomplishment

Which of the following is not a behavior consistent with factors of transformational leadership?

Communicating details of an employee bonus progam

Individuals with deep interest in an who truly care about what they do and also care about helping others are using which characteristics of authentic leadership?

Compassion and heart

Follower development level in SLII is determined by level of ________.

Competence and commitment

Followers who have little skill for the task but are very motivated in getting the task done are__________.

D1

Career experience is strong influence on a leader's competencies.

True

I am a leader of a team of eight employee. In LMX, what is the maximum number of groups this team could be categorized into based on vertical dyadic relationships?

2

Management by exception-active is _________________.

A form of transactional leadership

In the book's discussion of leadership, power is described as ?

A relational concern for both leaders and followers.

Technical skills are the __________.

Ability to work with things.

Challenging followers to perform work at the highest levels possible is an example of which leadership behavior?

Achievement oriented

Which of the following is not a personally characteristic leadership?

Agreeable

In the early stages of leader-member relationship development, leaders look for followers who exhibit all of the following except_______

Agreeableness

How many vertical dyadic relationship can occur in LMX?

As many linkages as there are followers

A leader who places high emphasis on job requirements and low emphasis on people is displaying _________________.

Authority compliance behaviors

Three of my followers each have very different views about how to solve a team problem. When I explore each of their opinions and keep bias out of the decisions, I am using which component of authentic leadership?

Balanced processing

To create change, transformational leaders_______.

Become strong role models for their followers

To create change, transformational leaders_________?

Become strong role models for their followers

Which leadership style includes a high level of support and also is one in which the leader makes the final decision about goal accomplishment?

Coaching

Which part of the leadership definition offered in the textbook gives leadership its ethical tone?

Common goals

In the SLII model, leaders evaluate how __________ and _________followers are to perform a task.

Competent and committed

You provide a pay raise to a follower who has received high scores on annual performance reviews two years in a row You are demonstrating__________.

Contingent reward

A leader who makes sure the personal and social needs of followers are met is displaying.

Country Club behaviors

The D4 followers needs which type of leader?

Delegating

A leader who lets followers take responsibility for task accomplishment and has less involvement with followers is using_____________.

Delegating behaviors

Persistence, dominance, and drive are characteristics of which trait?

Determination

Which definition of authentic leadership views leadership as something to be nurtured in a leader?

Developmental

Which of the following statements best describes situational leadership?

Different situations demand different kinds of leadership

A leader who gives followers instructions about how and when goals should be achieved and supervises them carefully is using.

Directing Behaviors

The situational approach labels leaders's styles specifically as __________.

Directive and supportive

The two leadership outcomes outlined in the skills model are __________.

Effective problem solving and performance

_________ is described as those abilities to understand one's own and other feelings, behaviors and thoughts and to act appropriately.

Emotional Intelligence

Optimism is a mediating factor in transformational leadership that affects________.

Employee engagement

Motivation in path-goal theory is conceptualized using__________.

Expectancy theory

Of the Big Five personality factors, which is the most strongly associated with leadership?

Extraversion

A major strength of the trait approach is that it is quite useful for training. True or False?

False

Assisting group members in building cohesiveness is primarily a task behavior. True or False?

False

Creating a timeline for subordinates to follow is a relationship leader behavior. True or False

False

Crystallized cognitive ability refers to one's innate intellectual ability or intelligence. True of False?

False

In his early studies, Stogdill found that leaders in one situation would almost always be leaders in another situations. True or False?

False

Only leaders at the top level of an organization can effectively apply task and relationship behaviors. True or False?

False

Social judgement is considered an individual attribute in the skills model. True or False?

False

The behavioral approach works by telling leaders how to behave.

False

The research on authentic leadership is well developed. True or False?

False

The research on leadership generally has found it to be a relatively simple process. True or False?

False

The environmental influences listed are all internal with the exception of __________.

Flooding of the office.

Using the path-goal approach, expectancy theory suggest that_______.

Followers are motivated if they think completing a task will result in a valuable payoff

Adjusting leadership styles is based on the assumption that ________.

Followers' skills and motivation vary over time

Which is not way to view or characterize authentic leadership?

Fundamental

Research of which approach to authentic leadership was conducted using interviews of successful leaders?

George's practical model

Which is not a characteristic of authentic leadership?

Goals

Relationship behaviors_________________.

Help group members feel comfortable with one another.

Transformation leadership is an exceptional form of leadership that________.

Helps followers do more than what is usually expected

During the mature partnership phase of leadership making, the exchange are ___________.

High quality

If followers are low in competence and high in commitment, a leader should adopt which style?

High-directive and low-supportive style

Which transformational factor is not like charismatic transformational leadership?

Idealized influence

Leadership skills research attempts to __________.

Identify competencies that can be acquired by leaders

One of your followers asks to lead the next team brainstorming session and you let him/her do this. You and this follower are_________.

In a dyadic in-group relationship

Which of the following is not a task-focused leader behavior?

Initiating structure

Which factor describes leaders who communicate high expectations and engage followers to be part of a shared vision?

Inspirational motivation

One of my followers has been verbally lashing out at me publicly about a decision I made. I stay calm and reiterate to him that my decision I stay calm and reiterate to him that my decision is consistent with my internal standards and those of the company. Which component of authentic leadership am I using?

Internal moral reasoning

When I focus on the relationship I have with my followers and how we influence each other I am using which definition of authentic leadership?

Interpersonal

I have done significant reflection about myself, my leadership, and my life experiences, which has helped me become the leader that I am. I am using which definition of authentic leadership?

Intrapersonal

According to path-goal theory, leadership does all of the following except____________.

Introduces challenging obstacles

Transactional leadership____________.

Is found in the bulk of leadership models

Research on transformational leadership____________.

Is prolific in modern times

The "natural leader' trait definition of leadership?

Is restricted to those with inborn talent, qualities, or characteristics

The situational approach __________.

Is used widely in leadership training and development

With path-goal theory incorporating so many different aspect of leadership within its model, which of the following could be argued?

It is difficult to use the theory fully when trying to improve the leadership process

With path-goal theory incorporating so many different aspects of leadership within its model, which of the following could be argued?

It is difficult to use the theory fully when trying to improve the leadership process

Jim is a manager of a restaurant. He is very concerned with efficiency and goal accomplishment as well as very intent on making employees happy through lots of participation and open-mindedness.

Jim is a high-high style leader

Leadership skills are defined in the chapter as ____________.

Knowledge and competencies to accomplish goals.

Which leadership approach is not leader centered?

Leader-Member Exchange LMX Theory

The skills approach takes a _________ on leadership, like the trait approach.

Leader-centered perspective

Before LMX theory, researchers treated leadership as something _____________.

Leaders did toward all of their followers

During the stranger phase of leadership making, the exchange are_________.

Low quality

I am a leader who watches my staff carefully and stops them immediately when they make a mistake. I am using_________.

Management by exception-active

Path-goal theory is about how leaders_________ subordinates to accomplish designated___________.

Motivate; goals

Path-goal theory could be best described as a ___________.

Motivational theory

I go to work, get the job done and go home. I am most likely in the _________.

Out-group

There is a mutual personality conflict between you and one of your followers. If this continues, the followers will end up in the _________.

Out-group

Path-goal theory suggests that leaders should respond to autonomous group members with unstructured task from a ____________.

Participative Style

Path-goal theory is similar to the situational approach in that _________.

Path-goal requires leaders to adapt followers' needs

Studying authentic leadership is timely and worthwhile when_________.

People are apprehensive and want trustworthy leadership

People in the organization like me because I know what I am doing and share knowledge with followers. I have__________?

Personal Power

I openly share that my feelings were hurt by the negative comments made about me after a staff meeting and admit I made a mistake in how I handled the meeting . I am using which component of authentic leadership?

Relational transparency

As a regional sales manager I worked to solve a recent problem of decreased seed sales to the local farming community. I consulted the sale staff in the area to hear their thoughts and communicated openly that i share their concerns. Which two components of authentic leadership am I using?

Relational transparency and balanced processing

Daily meetings, open communication, face-to-face interaction, and accessibility are all behaviors of which type of leader?

Relationship

Jamal enjoys interacting with the teams members he supervises. He is employing __________.

Relationship behaviors

I am continually reflecting on how my decisions as a leader impact others and assessing how my core values, emotions, and motives reflect our goals. Which component of authentic leadership am I using?

Self-awareness

Which personality characteresitic of charismatic leadership is also one of the major leadership traits outlined in the chapter on Trait Approach?

Self-confidence

Which of the following presents a competency-based approach to leadership?

Skills approach

_____________ are what leaders can accomplish, whereas __________ are who leaders are.

Skills, traits

Who conducted two major surveys of research on the trait approach?

Stogdill

A leader who gives recognition and social support to followers is using___________.

Supporting behaviors

Followers who have strong needs for affiliation prefer which type of leadership behavior?

Supportive

In SLII, leaders use different degrees of _________ and __________ to meet the needs of followers.

Supportive and directive behaviors

Larry dislikes giving instructions to employees. He is uncomfortable using ___________.

Task behavior

According to Katz, the most important leadership skills for lower-level of management are?

Technical and human skills

At the upper-management level in an organization,____________

Technical skills are less important than human skills.

The development level in the SLII model is___________.

The degree to which followers have the capability and motivation for task accomplishment

The dyadic relationship in LMX occur between__________.

The leader and each follower

The underlying assumption of expectancy theory is that followers will be motivated if ___________.

The leader should prove that the employee's effort will be rewarded

According to early LMX theory, which of the following is false?

The leader usually expects extra duties from out-group members

A negative feature of authentic leadership is that ______________.

The practical approach lacks substantial research support

Which of the following is a criticism of authentic leadership?

The practical model has not been validated

The path-goal leader adjust to the characteristics of the followers and _________.

The prototype of the in-group members

Which of the following is not a criticism of the behavioral approach?

The research found a universal style that is effective in all situations.

A major criticism of the trait approach is________?

There is no definitive list of leadership traits

The behavioral approach reminds leaders that _____________.

They should continually engage in both task and relationship behaviors.

Some of the main concepts of authentic leadership were identified earlier as a part of which approach?

Transformational

Which leadership theory is studied in a variety of discipline, including nursing, education, and industrial engineering?

Transformational leadership

Which type of leadership is concerned with emotions, values, ethics, standard, and long-term goals?

Transformational leadership

Environmental influences are factors in situations that lie outside the leader's competencies, characteristics, and experiences.

True

Leadership occurs in both large and small groups. True or False?

True

More than 60 different leadership classification system have been developed. True or False?

True

The behavioral approach is used in many training and development programs. True or False?

True

The skills approach suggest that many individuals have potential for leadership. True or False?

True

The trait approach failed to identify a definitive set of specific leadership traits. True or False?

True

There is no single accepted definition of authentic leadership. True or False?

True

A leader using human skills will ___________.

Use sensitivity to assess the needs and motivations of others

The early research on LMX theory was called __________.

Vertical dyad linkage theory