Chapter 7

b. relevant expertise a person brings to the job.

1. The best example of personal power would be power stemming from the

a. more power it acquires.

10. The higher a unit reports in the hierarchy, the

b. increases.

11. As the leader shares power with others, the leader's power

d. effectively use the talents of all players on the team.

12. A rationale for empowerment is that the most successful organizations

c. competence and self-determination.

13. Two components of empowerment revealed by research are

d. self-efficacy.

14. Gus has been empowered by his manager to develop a new work flow design for the office. After completing the task successfully, Gus believes that he has the ability to perform an important new skill. The characteristic of empowerment just described is most likely

a. linked to the work goals of the organization.

15. Empowerment tends to work best when the empowered activities are

d. Providing ample information to workers

16. Which one of the following is recommended as an effective empowering practice?

b. Encouraging employees to set their own limits to empowerment

17. Which one of the following should be considered the least effective contributor to empowerment?

c. should still provide guidance.

18. According to a consultant cited in the leadership text, after the group is empowered, the leader

a. India.

19. A study of empowerment in a firm with operations in the United States, Mexico, Poland, and India found that empowerment was negatively associated with job satisfaction among the workers in

d. Being appointed a corporate officer

2. Which one of the following actions or events would bring a person legitimate power?

c. manipulate other people for her personal gain.

20. Margaret has Machiavellian tendencies, so she is likely to

c. Refusing to accept compliments from subordinates

21. Which one of the following factors is the least likely to contribute to the political behavior in the workplace?

d. CEO."

22. Your CEO, Anika Bananga, is a black woman raised in Africa. While introducing Bananga to work associates, it would be most politically correct to say, "I would like you to meet Anika Bananga, our

b. everybody expects to be paid back.

23. According to the Law of Reciprocity (as it relates to organizational politics),

d. basic, but effective, political technique.

24. Sending thank-you notes to large numbers of people is regarded as a

c. be tactless toward influential people.

25. A major political blunder is to

b. send incriminating or embarrassing e-mails on the company system.

26. A frequent political blunder with e-mail is to

a. claims to have resolved the problem.

27. After creating a false catastrophe, the particularly devious political player

b. avoid favoritism.

28. A recommended way of reducing disruptive politics within the work group is to

b. set a good example at the top.

29. A recommended strategy for minimizing office politics is to

b. Reward power and coercive power

3. Which two types of power that stem from a leader's authority to respond to the consequences of people's actions?

c. a golfing buddy who is a low producer.

30. Middle manager Barney practices favoritism when he recommends for promotion

b. expert and referent

4. The two types of personal power are

c. developing an outside reputation.

5. A leader acquires prestige power through

b. makes her staff members dependent on her to pursue their ideas.

6. Advertising manager Roxanne applies the dependence perspective on power when she

d. Ziggy is dependent on Alex.

7. According to the dependence theory of power, Alex has power over Ziggy when

a. Strategic contingency theory

8. Team leader Wanda is managing the critical problem of selling company assets to raise cash and has therefore gained power in the eyes of management. Wanda is implementing which explanation of a source of power?

c. lose power.

9. A consequence of the resource dependence perspective is that when leaders start losing their ability to control resources, they