PAF 410

My leader tries to appreciate what I am thinking and feeling in our interactions; he is using which characteristic of a servant leader?

Empathy

According to House, the following is not one of the specific types of behaviors commonly exhibited by charismatic leaders:

Giving structure to complex tasks

My math teacher not only helps me solve difficult equations, but she also wrote me a great letter of recommendation for the college I want to attend that has a highly ranked math department. She is using which servant leader behavior?

Helping followers grow and succeed

Transformational leadership ...

Helps followers to transcend their own self-interest for the good of the group

Leadership skills research attempts to ... -Identify multiple behaviors in leaders -Identify personality factors of leadership -Identify competencies that can be acquired by leaders

Identify competencies that can be acquired by leaders

Transformational leaders do not seek to...

Inadequately raise the level of motivation and morality in the leader and their followers

All of the following are characteristics of out-group members except ...

Innovative ideas

Openness in the Big Five Personality Model is defined as ... -Sociable, assertive, high energy -Organized, dependable, decisive -Intellect, being informed, creativity -Accepting, trusting, nurturing

Intellect, being informed, creativity

The Big Five consists of all of the following factors except ... -Openness -Intelligence -Neuroticism -Conscientiousness

Intelligence

The contingent reward factor ... -Is a process where follower effort is exchanged for specified rewards -Is a reciprocal process between two followers -Is a negotiated process with equal rewards for follower and leader

Is a process where follower effort is exchanged for specified rewards

The active form of management by exception ... -Is considered non-leadership -Is similar to individualized consideration -Is enacted only once problems arise -Is slightly more effective than the passive form

Is slightly more effective than the passive form

Why is ethnocentrism an obstacle to effective leadership?

It prevents people from fully respecting the viewpoints of others

Peter is leading an ambitious but high-risk project. The project group has not yielded any results the past two years but Peter is keen to continue the funding for the project another year. As he says: "We have already invested a lot of money in this, we cannot abandon it now!". What decision making trap is Peter making here? -Anchoring -Confirming-evidence -Sunk cost

Sunk cost

What is it called in Leader-Member Exchange Theory when leaders form a relationship with each of their followers?

Vertical dyad

Which of the components on Blake & Mouton's Leadership Grid has low concern for interpersonal relationships and high concern for task accomplishment? -Country club -Impoverished -Authority compliance -Middle of the road -Team

Authority Compliance

According to Path-Goal Theory, leaders adjust their behaviors based on ...

Follower characteristics and work-setting characteristics

Which is an antecedent condition?

Follower receptivity

Technical skills are the ... -Ability to work with things -Ability to work cooperatively with others -Ability to work with ideas

Ability to work with things

Which of the following is not a personality characteristic of charismatic leadership?

Agreeable

A leader who communicates high expectations, shows competence, and sets a strong role model is using behaviors of?

Charismatic leadership

Jasmine understands the complexities of all levels of her organization and successfully solves problems that meet the organization's mission. She is using which servant leader behavior?

Conceptualizing

According to Carton, Murphy and Clark, an effective vision contains a combination of ...

Concrete descriptions the organization's purpose (such as vivid images) combined with a limited number of values

Which of the following is not a task-focused leader behavior? -Initiating structure -Consideration -Facilitating goal accomplishment

Consideration

Which of the following is not a factor of transformational leadership?

Contingent reward

You provide a pay raise to a follower who has received high scores on annual performance reviews two years in a row. You are demonstrating ... -Management by exception-passive -Individualized consideration -Contingent reward -Management by exception-active

Contingent reward

Management by exception involves ... -Offering payoffs for employees who perform their duties -Correcting misbehavior by employees -Negotiating special rules and tasks with employees

Correcting misbehavior by employees

Mike is the new manager of the local transportation agency. He listens to employees' personal problems and tries to create a positive work environment by being agreeable, eager to help, comforting, and uncontroversial. Mike is displaying examples of this behavioral leadership approach ... -Authority compliance -Country club -Middle-of-the-road -Team behaviors -Impoverished leadership

Country Club

To create change, transformational leaders

Create a vision for the organization and become strong role models for their followers

You are the executive director of the local animal humane society. The staff you supervise have been working at the society for more than two years and you have given them consistently excellent performance appraisals at the last two annual reviews. You have noticed lately that they have brought new ideas to you for ways to improve customer service and animal care and that they are excited about helping new staff get accustomed to the workplace. Based on the Situational Leadership® Approach, which leadership style should you exhibit?

Delegating

According to Situational Leadership®, a leader should choose this leadership approach when followers are highly capable of performing a task and highly committed to the task ...

Delegating behaviorS

Persistence, dominance, and drive are characteristics of which trait? -Determination -Extraversion -Intelligence

Determination

According to Situational Leadership®, a leader who gives followers instructions about how and when goals should be achieved and supervises them carefully is using ...

Directing behaviors

The situational approach labels leaders' styles specifically as ...

Directive and supportive

The existence of different cultures or ethnicities within a group or organization is the definition of ...

Diversity

Which type of leadership gives no feedback and makes little effort to help followers satisfy their needs? -Charismatic -Laissez-faire -Transactional

Laissez-faire

Which leadership perspective is not leader-centered?

Leader-Member Exchange Theory

Leaders have to make decisions constantly. What statement is most correct about their decision-making process? -Leaders always make rational decisions based on the exact costs and benefits of all available scenarios -Leaders make decisions based on random priorities -Leaders attempt to make well-informed decision but can fall into decision making traps

Leaders attempt to make well-informed decision but can fall into decision making traps

Authentic leadership focuses on ...

Leadership that is genuine

Culture as defined in the text is ...

Learned beliefs, values, symbols, and norms that are common to a group of people

Principal-agency theory focuses on asymmetry in information between a leader and an employee. According to principal-agency theory, how can leaders mitigate the potential adverse effects of information asymmetry? -Leave the employee alone - he will do what is best for the organization -Offer the employee incentives based on the product or service that the organization produces -Attempt to watch the employee's every move and punish him if he makes mistakes

Offer the employee incentives based on the product or service that the organization produces

Which global leader behavior is also a leader behavior in path-goal theory?

Participative

I am really lucky to belong to an organization that places an emphasis on rewarding us for meeting challenging goals. My organization in this example is using which cultural dimension from the GLOBE studies?

Performance orientation

Contingent reward uses __________ reinforcement, whereas management by exception uses ________ reinforcement. -Negative; positive -Neutral; negative -Positive; negative -Negative; neutral

Positive; negative

Which leader behavior is the primary defining characteristic of Liden's servant leadership model?

Putting followers first

______________ is described as those abilities to understand one's own and others feelings, behaviors and thoughts and to act appropriately.

Social Intelligence

According to Leader-Member Exchange Theory, which of the following statements is false?

The leader usually expects extra duties from out-group members

Which point on the Leadership Grid has proven to consistently be the best form of leadership? -Authority compliance -Country club -Middle-of-the-road -Team behaviors -There is no best style

There is no best style

José has consistently exceeded his sales projections for the past four quarters. His supervisor gave him a promotion because of his high sales success. His supervisor is using ... -Transformational leadership -Middle-of-the-road leadership -Transactional leadership

Transactional leadership

Jackson tries every day to show his leadership is consistent with the values of the organization. This instills a strong sense of community and ethics within all levels of the organization. Jackson is demonstrating ...

Transformational leadership