Week 3- Apply: Quiz

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According to the path-goal theory, followers will actively support a leader as long as they view the leader's actions as a means for increasing their own levels of satisfaction.

- True

The highest levels of situational favorability occur when leader-member relations are good, the task is structured, and the position power is high.

- True

In the context of the Situational Leadership model, which of the following best defines follower readiness?

- a follower's ability and willingness to accomplish a particular task

According to the path-goal theory, follower satisfaction is directly related to the degree of participative behaviors manifested by a leader.

- False

The path-goal theory considers three situational factors that moderate the effects of leader behavior on follower behavior.

- True

The highest levels of situational favorability most likely occur when

- leader-member relations are good, the task is structured, and position power is high.

In the context of the leader-member exchange (LMX) theory, which of the following statements is true of the role-taking stage of development?

- A leader offers opportunities and evaluates a follower's performance and potential.

In terms of the path-goal theory, which of the following is considered a situational factor?

- the task

In the context of contingency theory, the least preferred coworker (LPC) score is intended to represent follower behaviors and situational factors.

- False

In the context of the four types of leader behavior in the path-goal theory, which of the following is most likely a characteristic of achievement-oriented leadership?

- Leaders support follower behaviors by exhibiting a high degree of confidence so that subordinates can put forth the necessary effort.

Which of the following statements about high-LPC leaders is most likely true?

- They are primarily satisfied by establishing and maintaining close interpersonal relationships.

Both leader behaviors and follower characteristics are important in determining outcomes in the path-goal theory.

- True

In the routinization stage of development of the leader-member exchange theory, similarities (for the in-group) and differences (often accentuated for the out-group) become cemented.

- True

Low-LPC leaders will focus on improving their relationships with followers after they are assured that assigned tasks are being satisfactorily accomplished.

- True

Situational Leadership is a useful way of getting leaders to think about how leadership effectiveness may depend on being flexible with different subordinates.

- True

With Situational Leadership, follower readiness refers to a follower's ability and willingness to accomplish a particular task.

- True

In the context of the Situational Leadership model, which of the following depicts selling as a leadership behavior?

- high task behavior, high relationship behavior

Which two broad categories of leader behaviors did the Situational Leadership model originally identify?

- initiating structure and consideration

In the context of the Situational Leadership model, which of the following was defined as the extent to which a leader spells out the responsibilities of an individual or group?

- task behaviors

Which of the following instruments does Fiedler's contingency theory use to determine the relevant characteristics of a leader?

- the least preferred co-worker scale

The normative decision model is limited only to

- decision making

The contingency model of leadership maintains that leaders are extremely flexible in their behavior.

- False

The path-goal theory assumes that leaders use the same styles with different subordinates.

- False

In the context of the Situational Leadership model, which of the following is a relationship behavior?

- Explaining why a task is important

According to the situational leadership model, relationship behaviors involve how a leader tells the followers what to do and how to do it.

- Falsa

According to Fiedler's contingency model, the content of leadership training should emphasize behavioral flexibility in leaders rather than situational engineering.

- False

According to the situational leadership model, follower readiness involves an assessment of an individual's personality, intelligence, and values.

- False

Which of the following statements about the path-goal theory is most likely false?

- If a task is very structured, informal authority decreases follower motivation levels.

Which of the following statements is true of the Situational Leadership model?

- It maintains that leaders who correctly base their behaviors on follower maturity will be highly effective.

What should leaders first assess in order to apply the Situational Leadership model?

- The readiness level of a follower relative to the task to be accomplished

A model that is parsimonious is the one which has the greatest explanatory power on using the fewest predictor variables as possible.

- True

According to Hershey, leaders should implement a series of developmental interventions in order to increase follower readiness levels for particular tasks by first assessing a follower's current level of readiness and then determining the leader behavior that best suits that follower in that task.

- True

According to the path-goal theory, a leader should assess a situation and select a leadership behavior appropriate to situational demands.

- True

In the context of the leader-member exchange theory, which of the following stages of development in the process of relationship development occurs early in a subordinate's work?

- role-taking


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