Management 303 Chapter 14 SmartBook

Leaders who are self-aware tend to lead with which of the following? - authenticity - manipulation - trust - a sense of purpose - a heavy hand

Authenticity. Trust. A sense of purpose.

Which approach to leadership attempts to determine the actions and behaviors that effective leaders engage in when interacting with others? - trait centered - full range - behavioral - contingency

Behavioral.

Which of the following have been identified as the four basic skills needed by leaders? - business skills - interpersonal skills - soft skills - performance abilities - conceptual skills - cognitive abilities

Business skills. Interpersonal skills. Conceptual skills. Cognitive abilities.

According to Kotter, leadership is primarily about coping with what? - complexity - change - people - human resources

Change.

Creating and enforcing a clearly stated (blank) is an important practice for transformational leaders to follow. - favorite employees list - transformation checklist - code of ethics - dress code

Code of ethics.

Jordan enjoys working at his company because it has the philosophy that every employee is making an important contribution. As a result, there is a mutual level of respect among all employees. In this situation, the company is creating a feeling of (blank). - groupthink - community - diplomacy - excitement

Community.

According to research findings, followers seek and admire leaders who create which of these feelings? - community - excitement - uncertainty - significance

Community. Excitement. Significance.

Kotter suggests that leadership and management do not compete; rather, they are (blank) systems of action. - opposing - identical - unrelated - complementary

Complementary.

Which core influence tactic tends to work better than a legitimating tactic? - consultation - maturation - ingratiation - foundation

Consultation.

Which of the following are among the nine most common influence tactics? - rational persuasion - premack's principle - nagging - inspirational appeals - consultation

Consultation. Rational persuasion. Inspirational appeals.

Fiedler's (blank) leadership model is determined by whether a leader's style is task-oriented or relationship-oriented and if that style is effective for the situation at hand. - contingency - transactional - transformational - goal setting

Contingency.

The situational approach to leadership is also known as the (blank) approach. - public - personal - contingency - behavioral

Contingency.

Which approach to leadership asserts that a leader's effectiveness depends on the situation at hand? - servant - full range - contingency - transactional

Contingency.

Trait approaches to leadership propose that leadership ability arises from? - the situation - distinctive personal characteristics - followers' willingness to be led

Distinctive personal characteristics.

Which of the following are common task-oriented traits of leaders? - introversion - negative affect - emotional stability - intelligence - conscientiousness

Emotional stability. Intelligence. Conscientiousness.

In addition to emotional intelligence and agreeableness, what is a common positive interpersonal attribute of leaders? - conscientiousness - extraversion - introversion - narcissism

Extraversion.

True or false: House's revised path-goal theory has been tested enough to verify its overall conclusions.

False

True or false: Task-oriented leaders are best suited to handle all situations.

False

True or false: leadership is a narrow term that only refers to formal positions such as CEO and CFO.

False

True or false: Women executives score lower than men on producing high-quality work.

False.

Which leadership approach asserts that leadership behavior varies across a wide number of leadership styles, ranging from take-no-responsibility leadership to transformational leadership? - full range - top down - overarching - short range

Full range.

Which leadership approach suggests that leadership behaviors vary along a continuum of leadership styles, from passive through transactional to transformational? - path goal - full range - charismatic - servant

Full range.

Your belief in your ability to influence people who are unlike you in a global context is called a (blank). - conceptual skill - coalition tactic - global mind set - dark triad

Global mind set.

Which of the following leadership models are categorized as situational approaches to leadership? - charismatic leadership model - house's path goal model - transformational leadership model - fiedler's contingency model

House's path goal model. Fiedler's contingency model.

Although some people view (blank) as a weakness, it is actually the belief that something greater than oneself exists. - authenticity - humility - mistrust - bias

Humility.

What is the relatively stable trait that is grounded in the belief that something greater than the self exists? - Humility - Piety - Leadership - Responsibility

Humility.

Conscious efforts to affect and change behaviors in others are known as (blank) tactics. - behavioral - influence - power - change

Influence.

The leadership aspect of managerial leaders is to (blank), while management part is to (blank). - coerce; punish - influence; facilitate - punish; coerce - facilitate; influence

Influence; facilitate.

Which of the following are forms of task-oriented leadership behaviors? - initiating structure leadership - transformational leadership - charismatic leadership - transactional leadership

Initiating structure leadership. Transactional leadership.

Which characteristics are associated with leaders rather than with managers? - inspiring others - providing emotional support - being a visionary - being conscientious - managing resources - putting customers first

Inspiring others. Providing emotional support. Being a visionary.

Which leadership model examines the quality of relationships between managers and subordinates and suggests that leaders have different relationships with different subordinates? - leader member exchange model - transformational leadership - contingency model - house's path goal model

Leader member exchange model.

Which of the following are implications that are offered by House's revised path-goal theory? - leaders should help employees to achieve their goals by helping to clarify the path to those goals and removing obstacles to achieving them - leaders should develop one style of leadership and master it so that it can be used effectively in any situation - leaders should modify their style to fit the employee characteristics and situational factors in the leadership situation - effective leaders will possess and likely use more than one style of leadership

Leaders should help employees to achieve their goals by helping to clarify the path to those goals and removing obstacles to achieving them. Leaders should modify their style to fit the employee characteristics and situational factors in the leadership situation. Effective leaders will possess and likely use more than one style of leadership.

An organization's vision and strategic plan is created by (blank) and then implemented by (blank). - managers; leaders - leaders; managers - managers; supervisors - supervisors; nonsupervisory employees

Leaders; managers.

The ability to influence employees to voluntarily pursue organizational goals is referred to as (blank). - power - management - leadership - control

Leadership.

What is defined as the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done while facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives? - managerial leadership - socialized power - passive leadership - psychological empowerment

Managerial leadership.

What is defined as the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done while facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives? - socialized power - managerial leadership - psychological empowerment - passive leadership

Managerial leadership.

Which of the following are four conclusions we can draw from trait theory? - confidence in one's ability to influence dissimilar others is seen as a major deficit in leaders - organizations may want to consider personality and trait assessments in their selection and evaluation processes - a global mindset is an increasingly valued task-oriented trait - the positive and "dark triad" traits suggest the qualities you should cultivate and avoid - the implications of leadership traits cannot be ignored - all traits are solely either positive or negative, and good leaders should only have positive traits

Organizations may want to consider personality and trait assessments in their selection and evaluation processes. A global mindset is an increasingly valued task-oriented trait. The positive and "dark triad" traits suggest the qualities you should cultivate and avoid. The implications of leadership traits cannot be ignored.

Alexis chooses to manage her team through a management-by-exception approach. She only becomes involved if there is a problem. Which of the following would best describe Alexis's leadership approach? - transactional leadership - servant leadership - passive leadership - transformational leadership

Passive leadership.

Leadership behavior that is characterized by a lack of leadership skills, such as the management-by-exception style, is referred to as (blank) leadership. - servant - transactional - passive - initiating structure

Passive.

Which leadership model holds that an effective leader makes desirable rewards available to workers and increases workers' motivation by clearly outlining the behavior that will help them achieve those goals and rewards? - path goal leadership - contingency leadership - transformational leadership - leader member exchange (LMX)

Path goal leadership.

Which leadership model states that successful leaders help followers by tying meaningful rewards to goal accomplishment, reducing barriers to achieving those goals, and providing subordinates with support? - contingency leadership - servant leadership - path goal leadership - transformational leadership

Path goal leadership.

What is the term for power directed at helping yourself and furthering your own ends rather than those of others or the organization? - influence - personalized power - authority - socialized power

Personalized power.

Richard's use of power is directed toward helping himself rather than helping others. This is an example of (blank) power. - personalized - reward - contingent - socialized

Personalized.

What type of leadership is primarily concerned with leaders' interactions with their subordinates and is aimed at enhancing the creation of a positive, nurturing work environment? - task oriented - job centered - relationship oriented - transactional

Relationship oriented.

To be effective, a person employing influence tactics should do which of the following? - practice deception - rely on the core - be subtle - legitimate rather than consult - be authentic

Rely on the core. Be subtle. Be authentic.

What term describes understanding who you are and what you stand for? - self confidence - selfishness - self doubt - self awareness

Self awareness.

Which of the following would be categorized as relationship oriented leadership behaviors? - initiating structure behavior - servant leadership - empowering leadership - consideration behavior - ethical leadership - transactional leadership

Servant leadership. Empowering leadership. Consideration behavior. Ethical leadership.

An integrated model of leadership considers which of the following to create leadership effectiveness? - situational theories - traits, gender, and skills - power and influence - ethnicity - dominance factors

Situational theories. Traits, gender, and skills. Power and influence.

Leaders who focus on (blank) leadership behaviors attempt to ensure that people, equipment, and other resources are used efficiently and effectively to accomplish the organization's mission. - task oriented - behavior oriented - participative - delegative

Task oriented.

Which of the following help ensure transformational leaders get positive results from their employees? - they reward high moral conduct - they are committed to diversity - they only hire people they know from former jobs - they have a code of ethics in place - they tie performance expectations to previous employees' performance

They reward high moral conduct. They are committed to diversity. They have a code of ethics in place.

To create effective managers, companies should do what? - create a culture of unquestioning loyalty and rules - use a system of severe punishments for employee negligence - rely on selecting them based on their traits - train them on task and relationship management

Train them on task and relationship management.

Attempts to identify distinctive characteristics that account for the effectiveness of leaders are called the (blank) approaches to leadership. - behavioral - contingency - full range - trait

Trait.

In the integrated model of leadership, leadership behavior is task-oriented, relationship-oriented, passive, or (blank). - gendered - transformational - situational - powerful

Transformational.

Transactional leaders try to get people to do ordinary things, while (blank) leaders attempt to get people to do exceptional things. - transitional - relational - reactional - transformational

Transformational.

What type of leader excites passion, inspiring and empowering people to look beyond their own self-interest? - servant - situational - transactional - transformational

Transformational.

What type of leaders use inspirational motivation, idealized influence, individual consideration, and intellectual stimulation to pursue organizational goals? - transactional - transnational - transitional - transformational

Transformational.

Which type of leader transforms employees to pursue organizational goals over self-interest? - transactional - charismatic - transformational - leader member exchange

Transformational.

Behavioral approaches to leadership have identified which categories of leader behavior? - transformational - authoritative - task oriented - passive - relationship oriented - personality driven

Transformational. Task oriented. Passive. Relationship oriented.

True or false: According to the leader-member exchange model (LMX), a leader has different relationships with different subordinates.

True

What are accurate statements concerning the traits of women who excel as executives? - women are highly collaborative - women display more task leadership than men - women generally use a more participative style than men - women are motivated by more self interest than what they can do for the company

Women are highly collaborative. Women generally use a more participative style than men.

In which ways do interpersonal skills help leaders in being effective? - organizing and planning - identifying systemic problems - working with diverse groups of people - influencing others

Working with diverse groups of people. Influencing others.