Chapter 13 & 14 Quiz

________ are the phases of organizational socialization.

Anticipatory, encounter, and change and acquisition

_________ involves leader behavior associated with creating mutual respect or trust and focuses on a concern for group members' needs and desires.

Consideration

______ values are the explicitly stated values and norms that are preferred by an organization.

Espoused

________ leadership theory is based on the idea that people have beliefs about how leaders should behave and what they should do for their followers.

Implicit

______ is the leader behavior that organizes and defines what group members should be doing to maximize output.

Initiating structure

_______ leadership is an example of passive leadership.

Laissez-faire

Which of the following statements about culture change is false?

Leaders are the architects/developers of organizational culture. Managers should consider how the current culture aligns with vision and strategy. To change culture, start by targeting artifacts, espoused values, and basic assumptions. ****Culture change should only be attempted when organizational survival is threatened. Managers should use a structured approach to changing cultures.

__________ is the use of manipulation, a cynical view of human nature, and a moral code that puts results over principles.

Machiavellianism

According to research, which of the following statements about men's and women's leadership traits is true?

Men are more autocratic than women.

_____ is the process of forming and maintaining intensive and lasting developmental relationships between a variety of developers and a junior person.

Mentoring

____________ is the set of shared, taken-for-granted implicit assumptions that a group holds and that determines how it perceives, thinks about, and reacts to its various environments.

Organizational culture

___________ is the process by which a person learns the values, norms, and required behaviors that permit her or him to participate as a member of the organization.

Organizational socialization

______ is a lack of concern for others, impulsive behavior, and a lack of remorse or guilt when one's actions harm others.

Psychopathy

__________ leadership focuses on increased benefit to others rather than to oneself.

Servant

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

Transactional leadership

An artifact is

a physical manifestation of an organization's culture.

In which stage of the organizational socialization process would a realistic job preview normally be provided?

anticipatory socialization

The __________ approach attempts to identify the unique ways of acting displayed by effective leaders.

behavior styles

In the _________ phase of organizational socialization, employees master important tasks and roles and adjust to their work group's values and norms.

change and acquisition

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a servant-leader?

charisma

A(n) _______ culture encourages collaboration, trust, and mutual support among employees.

clan

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

communication skills emotional stability openness to experience ***narcissism emotional intelligence

The _________ framework provides a practical way for managers to understand, measure, and change organizational culture.

competing values

In which stage of the organizational socialization process would an onboarding program be provided?

encounter

Which of the following is not one of the psychosocial functions of mentoring?

exposure and visibility

Organizations with adhocracy cultures are described as

externally focused and valuing flexibility.

Organizations with market cultures are described as

externally focused and valuing stability and control.

The two dimensions of the competing values framework are

internal-external and stable-flexible.

Organizations with clan cultures are described as

internally focused and valuing flexibility.

Organizations with hierarchical cultures are described as

internally focused and valuing stability and control.

The leadership theory that is based on the assumption that leaders develop unique one-to-one relationships with each of the people reporting to them is

leader-member exchange.

The dimensions of situational control in Fiedler's model are

leader-member relations, task structure, and position power.

The levels of organizational culture are

observable artifacts, espoused values, and basic underlying assumptions.

The functions of organizational culture are

organizational identity, collective commitment, social system stability, and sense-making.

According to Fiedler's theory, a moderate-control situation favors a __________ leader.

relationship-motivated

Leader-member exchange theory focuses on the leader's

relationships with followers.

The general strategy for the practical application of situational theories includes all of the following except

stick to one leadership style.

According to Fiedler's theory, a high-control situation favors a __________ leader.

task-motivated

Fiedler's contingency model identifies which leadership styles?

task-motivated or relationship-motivated

Which of the following is not a general category of leader behaviors?

transactional