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_________blank is an interpersonal process that involves activities that foster a sense of emotional balance and unity. Cohesion Centralization Information richness Affect management Team states

Affect management

Which of the following is true regarding prediction of leadership effectiveness using traits? Focus on leader traits holds more practical relevance than focus on leader actions. Traits have no correlation with leadership, especially when leader effectiveness serves as the outcome. Traits have a greater effect on leader effectiveness than leader behavior. High conscientiousness is a trait that has been found to be correlated to leader emergence. Traits are more predictive of leadership effectiveness than leader emergence.

High conscientiousness is a trait that has been found to be correlated to leader emergence.

_________blank is a transition process that involves an analysis of the team's tasks, the challenges that face the team, and the resources available for completing the team's work. Mission analysis Emotional cohesion Self-assessment Behavior modeling Boundary spanning

Mission analysis

A team with low viability is bound to have problems in the long run. T/F

True

What are the three factors that account for a team's ability to make accurate and effective decisions? teamwork processes, action processes, and interpersonal processes creative behavior, boundary spanning, and staff validity boundary spanning, task coordination, and scout activities monitoring progress toward goals, systems monitoring, and helping behavior decision informity, staff validity, and hierarchical sensitivity

decision informity, staff validity, and hierarchical sensitivity

The New York Yankees led their league all season and made it to the World Series. Yet in the Series, their big hitters failed to get any hits, the team made many errors, and the Yankees did not win. This is an example of social loafing. process loss. action learning. motivational loss. staff validity.

process loss

Teamwork processes have a moderate positive effect on _________blank and a strong positive effect on _________blank decision informity; staff validity team performance;team commitment team commitment; team performance staff validity; decision informity transition processes; action processes

team performance;team commitment

Which of the following describes the purpose and activities of a parallel team? to produce goods or provide services for consumers to perform complex tasks that take place in highly visible or challenging circumstances to produce a one-time output (product, service, plan, design, etc.) to integrate activities of subunits across business functions to provide recommendations and resolve issues not specifically connected to production

to provide recommendations and resolve issues not specifically connected to production

Leadership training programs frequently focus on _________blank leadership content. transformational transactional autocratic carrot-stick laissez-faire

transformational

Leadership training programs frequently focus on _________blank leadership content. transformational transactional laissez-faire carrot-stick autocratic

transformational

Which of the following communication network structures has the highest centralization? all channel wheel circle Y V

wheel

Neutralizers reduce the importance of the leader while simultaneously providing a direct benefit to employee performance. True or False

False

The team-building role of gatekeeper-expediter determines the direction of the team's discussion. True or False

False

Work teams have the lowest levels of worker involvement. True or False

False

Which of the following characterizes pooled interdependence? Members interact with a subset of other members to complete the team's work. Interaction in the team only occurs between members who perform tasks that are next to each other in a sequence. Group members complete their work assignments independently, and then this work is simply "piled up" to represent the group's output. Each member has a great deal of discretion in terms of what they do and with whom they interact while collaborating to accomplish the team's work. Different tasks are done in a prescribed order, and the group is structured such that the members specialize in these tasks.

Group members complete their work assignments independently, and then this work is simply "piled up" to represent the group's output.

Which of the following accurately describes the correlation between task interdependence and team performance? It is moderate and negative. It is weak and positive. It is strong and negative. It is moderate and positive. It is weak and negative.

It is moderate and positive.

Which of the following is accurate with regard to team process training? It involves training members in the duties and responsibilities of their teammates to develop shared mental models of what is involved in each of the roles in the team. It facilitates the development of team processes related to goal setting, interpersonal relations, problem solving, and role clarification. It enables trainees to transport what they learn about teamwork from one team context and apply it in another. It occurs in the context of a team experience, which facilitates effective functioning and performance of a team as an intact unit. It involves instruction at three different levels of depth: personal clarification, positional modeling, and positional rotation.

It occurs in the context of a team experience, which facilitates effective functioning and performance of a team as an intact unit.

Leader effectiveness is defined as the degree to which the leader's actions result in the achievement of the unit's goals; the continued commitment of the unit's employees; and the development of mutual trust, respect, and obligation in leader-member dyads. True or False

True

Leaders who are high on initiating structure play a more active role in directing group activities and prioritizing planning. True or False

True

Member satisfaction is lowest in a decentralized communication structure. True or False

True

With _________blank, the leader arranges to monitor mistakes and errors actively and takes corrective action when required. This is a form of _________blank leadership. active management-by-exception; transactional active management-by-exception; transformational laissez-faire management; transactional passive management-by-exception; transactional passive management-by-exception; transformational

active management-by-exception; transactional

At his research laboratory, Ismail tends to have a negative attitude and deflates his group members by being hostile toward their ideas and accomplishments. Which individualistic role does Ismail fulfill? blocker recognition seeker slacker dominator aggressor

aggressor

Andy has to create a compensation plan for team members at his mining equipment repair facility. Which of the following approaches would give him the best plan? combine high task interdependence with high outcome interdependence have all team members do the same job, and pay them based on his observations average everyone's contribution and pay everyone the same amount based on that average combine low task interdependence with high outcome interdependence combine high task interdependence with low outcome interdependence

combine high task interdependence with high outcome interdependence

Menchie started a new job and was trained by the supervisor. However, the supervisor was not an adequate trainer and left Menchie with more questions than answers. Most of what the supervisor told Menchie was unclear or incomplete. What does Menchie's supervisor lack? information richness emotional intelligence communication competence decoding skills centralization

communication competence

Avigail urges her team to be better, always motivating them to improve. Which team task role does Avigail fill? energizer. follower. encourager. standard setter. compromiser.

energizer

With a(n) _________blank style, the leader presents the problem to a group of employees and seeks consensus on a solution. In this case, the leader's own opinion receives no more weight than anyone else's. delegative negotiative consultative facilitative autocratic

facilitative

Which leader behavior is most appropriate for a group of employees who have learned to work together well, but still need support and collaboration from the leader? selling telling delegating participating encouraging

participating

Which of the following terms refers to the degree to which members believe that the team can be effective across a variety of situations and tasks? transactive memory social chemistry cohesion potency mental models

potency

Hina joined a team that was responsible for boosting sales on last year's digital models. The team was scheduled to run for five months, meeting once a week. The team consisted of four members, all with marketing and sales backgrounds. When the group first met, they learned they had much in common outside of work. Eventually, most of each meeting was spent talking about topics unrelated to work. At one meeting Hina said, "You know, we have to have a presentation ready in less than two months." That seemed to set everyone in motion. The group quickly divided responsibilities and got to work. The presentation was a success. What does this scenario describe? the storming stage of team development. similarity-attraction approach. punctuated equilibrium. sequential interdependence. parallel teams.

punctuated equilibrium.