man4120 chapter 3

According to Fiedler's contingency model of leadership, which of the following indicates a high degree of task structure?

Routine task structure

According to Fiedler's contingency model of leadership, if a leader uses negative concepts to describe the least preferred coworker, he or she is considered a .

Task oriented lead

According to the Vroom- Jago contingency model of leadership, which of the following activities refers to delegation in decision making?

A leader permits the group to make a decision within prescribed limits

Which of the following is stated by the contingency approach to leadership?

A leadership style that works in one situation might not work in another situation

relationship-oriented leaders

According to the least preferred coworker (LPC) scale of Fiedler's model of leadership styles, if the leader describes the least preferred coworker using positive concepts, the leader:

motivation

According to the path-goal theory of leadership, the personal characteristics of followers, which is a situational contingency, includes factors such as

According to the path goal theory of leadership, which of the following leadership styles stresses high-quality performance and improvement over current performance?

Acheivment oriented

According to the path-goal theory of leadership, when a subordinate is unchallenged by a task, a(n) __ is used to set high goals.

Achievement oriented leadership behavior

According to the situational theory of leadership, a leader with a(n) provides little direction or support because complete responsibility for decisions and their implementation is turned over to followers

Delegating style

According to the path-goal theory of leadership,_ involves planning, making schedules, setting performance goals and behavior standards, and stressing adherence to rules and regulations

Directive leadership

Which of the following statements is true of the Vroom-Jago contingency model of leadership?

It tells the leader precisely the correct amount of participation by subordinates to use in making a particular decision.

Which of the following statements is true of Fiedler's contingency theory of leadership?

Relationship oriented leaders are more effective in situations of moderate favorability

According to the situational theory of leadership, a leader with a(n) provides detailed objectives and explicit instructions about how tasks should be accomplished.

Telling style

Zac has been promoted to team leader. His team consists of high school students who have never had jobs before. The procedures the workers need to follow are long and complicated. Based on Hersey and Blanchard's situational theory, which of the following leadership styles should he use?

Telling style

Which of the following is a difference between Fiedler's contingency theory of leadership and the path-goal theory of leadership?

The Fiedler theory made the assumption that new leaders could take over as situations change, whereas in the path-goal theory, leaders change their behaviors to match the situation.

According to Fiedler's contingency theory of leadership, which of the following statements is true of task-oriented leaders?

They are more effective when a situation is highly unfavorable because a great deal of structure and task direction is needed.

Which of the following things should leaders know in order to use Fiedler's contingency theory of leadership?

They should diagnose the situation and determine whether leader member relations, task structure, and position power are favorable or unfavorable.

According to the path-goal theory of leadership, which of the following situational contingencies consists of the educational level of subordinates and the quality of relationships among them?

Work group characteristics

The fundamental assumption of substitutes- for- leadership researchers is that:

effective leadership is the ability to recognize and provide the support not already provided by task, group, and organization

An important contribution of Fiedler's research on the contingency model of leadership is that:

goes beyond the notion of leadership styles to try to show how styles fit a situation