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Transformational leadership is a type of leadership style that has a group focus on generating new products, ideas, and procedures. is focused on personal development. is focused on achieving prescribed organizational goals. is not simply results oriented but follower oriented too in that it can inspire positive changes in those who follow. develops follower behaviors to help people feel comfortable with other group members and at ease in situations, so that the entire group is involved in change.

is not simply results oriented but follower oriented too in that it can inspire positive changes in those who follow.

According to Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership theory, there are two major components that can be plotted to follower maturity; they are psychological and cognitive skills. job maturity and psychological maturity. contextual intelligence and self-actualization. intelligence and psychological maturity. personality and interpersonal skills.

job maturity and psychological maturity.

In managing by exception managers reward exceptional performance. managers sanction poor performance. managers seek to maintain the status quo and only intervene when followers don't meet recognized performance levels. managers seek to elevate exceptional subordinates into leadership roles. managers inspire followers to change expectations, perceptions, and motivations to work towards common goals.

managers seek to maintain the status quo and only intervene when followers don't meet recognized performance levels.

Researchers spent a great deal of time trying to determine what traits make a good leader - while cautioning that no trait or set of traits guarantee but 5 sets of traits emerged that seem to differentiate successful leaders from less successful ones. Interpersonal, intelligence, personality, motivation, expertise. Personality, skill based behaviors, ability based behaviors, relational oriented behaviors, and communication style. Creativity, Vision, Personality, Drive, and expertise. Who you are, your level of motivation, how you act, what you do, and how you work with others. Creativity, vision, personality contextual intelligence and self-actualization.

Interpersonal, intelligence, personality, motivation, expertise.

A teacher allowing his or her students to create their own assignments would be representative of which type of leadership communication style? Authoritarian Democratic Laissez-Faire Task Individual

Laissez-Faire

Initiating Structure and Consideration are terms associated with which research effort to identify the communication patterns of leaders? Initiating structure Theory X management Michigan Leadership Studies Blake and McCanse's work Ohio State Leadership Studies

Ohio State Leadership Studies

Interpersonal-oriented leadership is best associated with which descriptive phrase? Conventional leadership Recognizes the positions, ideas and feelings of others Focus on facts, data, and information as they relate to productivity Most often communicate in writing Laissez faire leadership

Recognizes the positions, ideas and feelings of others

Task oriented leadership is closely related to Theory X management Theory Y management Country club management Impoverished management Shifting management

Theory X management

Expectancy theory is associated with path-goal theory. True False

True

To encourage creativity, you need to help your group focus on generating new products, ideas, and procedures. True False

True

Transactional leadership provides rewards for effort and recognizes good performance. True False

True

Researcher Ralph Stogill in his 1974 review of traits research concluded that personal traits were the sole determinant of leadership strength. situational factors were the sole determinant of leadership strength. both personal traits and situational factors influenced leadership strength. traits, situational, functional, and relational leadership affected leadership strength. leadership is in the eye of the beholder (follower).

both personal traits and situational factors influenced leadership strength.

The authors believe that charisma is the product of luck. skill. effort. communication. nature.

communication.

Creative thinking is frequently referred to as: an epiphany a communication system one of the 4 c's of leadership - character, charisma, collaboration and creative thinking divergent or lateral thinking

divergent or lateral thinking

Followers exhibit more commitment and cohesiveness under Authoritarian leaders Democratic leaders Laissez-Faire leaders Simple leaders Equal leaders

Democratic leaders

Overall, groups with __________report increased satisfaction, and involvement/commitment. Authoritarian leaders Democratic leaders Laissez-Faire leaders Simple leaders Equal leaders

Democratic leaders

Expectancy theories of motivation are universal. True False

False

The leadership characteristic of being a visionary is central to the path-goal theory of leadership. True False

False

Zemke, Raines, and Flipzcak suggest that there are four primary generations that exist in the United States. These generations have distinct attributes and leadership and followership styles. Individuals from one of the generations they highlight tend to be fair, competent and honest, not afraid to challenge authority and question methods of past generations. Veterans Baby Boomers Generation Xers Generation Yers Generation Nexters

Generation Xers

In the theory X and theory Y model of leadership, theory X proponents believe that workers exercise personal initiative. have an inherent dislike for work. believe tasks must be viewed in terms of the people involved. believe people are first. that people will show responsibility and self-control toward goals to which they are committed; and that people accept and seek responsibility.

have an inherent dislike for work.

Which of Abraham Maslow's five hierarchically arranged human needs are associated with transactional leadership? physiological, safety needs and love and belonging needs safety and love and belonging needs belonging and self-esteem needs self-esteem needs and self-actualization needs the need to know and understand

physiological, safety needs and love and belonging needs

Within Fiedler's contingency model of leadership, he theorizes that there are three factors that control the amount of influence a leader has over followers; those factors are the leader's social standing, task structure, and the interpersonal relationship with members. position power, goal structure, and the interpersonal relationship with members. leadership traits, task structure, and the interpersonal relationship with members. position power, task structure, and the interpersonal relationship with members. ability to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of followers.

position power, task structure, and the interpersonal relationship with members.

Identifying new problems is called the ____________to creativity problem-finding orientation abilities approach brainstorming approach creative leadership orientation period

problem-finding orientation

Which of Abraham Maslow's five hierarchically arranged human needs are associated with transformational leadership? physiological and safety needs safety and love and belonging needs belonging and self-esteem needs self-esteem needs and self-actualization needs the need to know and understand

self-esteem needs and self-actualization needs

In regard to the functional approach to leadership, "the initiator" is an example of which group role? task-related group building and maintenance individual goal-related the aggressor

task-related

The functional approach to leadership looks at organizational culture and the role of staff within it the communicative behavior of leaders the necessity to outline a clear vision and articulate the functions followers must perform to achieve this the manipulation of tasks and follower behavior the effectiveness of enabling high ability and high willingness

the communicative behavior of leaders