MGT midterm 360

Tools or behavior that transformational leaders use to influence employees and create commitment to the company goals?

inspirational motivation intellectual stimulation charisma individualized consideration

The following statements regarding leader-member exchange relationships are correct?

-If a leader is unethical, employees may not want to have a relationship so as not to suffer from guilt by association. -When high LMX employees succeed, leaders credit the efforts they put forward and their high-level abilities. -A problem with a low-quality exchange relationship is that employees may not have access to a positive work environment.

These are correct statements about leader-member exchange (LMX) theory

-In low-quality LMX relationships, the leader does his job and the member does his. -In high-quality LMX relationships, both leader and member go above and beyond their job descriptions to assist the other party in succeeding. -In high-quality LMX relationships, the leader has a trust-based relationship with the member.

The following are keys of characteristic of authentic leaders

-They understand where they are coming from -They are not afraid to act the way they are -They have high levels of personal integrity

A team asked to manage an entire line of products including making decisions about products to produce, managing the production of the product lines, marketing them, and staffing their division, is given which kind of task?

-idea generation -Problem-solving -Production

correct statement about leader-member exchange (LMX) theory?

-in high-quality LMX relationships, the leader has a trust-based relationship with the member. -in low-quality LMX relationships, the leader does his job and the member does his. -in high-quality LMX relationships, both leader and member go above and beyond their job descriptions to assist the other party in succeeding.

The following are characteristics that authentic leadership encourage

-internalized moral perspective -positive psychological capacities -self-development -self-awareness

the following are "Great Man" traits

-masculinity -dominance -intelligence

The fundamental factors affecting group cohesion include all of the following

-stability -size -Similarity

Research on transformational and transactional leadership shows all of the following:

-transactional leaders have positive influences over employee attitudes. -transformational leaders create higher levels of commitment to organizational change efforts. -transformational leaders increase the performance of their followers

A style of leadership that includes behaviors that encourage positive psychological capacities, an ethical climate, greater self-awareness, an internalized moral perspective, a balanced processing of information, and self-development is known as:

Authentic leadership

_________ power is how a manager influences people through the threat of or actual negative consequences for undesired actions.

Coercive

In Democratic decision making ...

Employees participate in the making of the decision

A team may be charged with coming up with a new marketing slogan which is what kind of task?

Idea generating.

Task-oriented behaviors are also called

Initiating structure

A directive leader tends to rely primarily on which of the following sources of power?

Legitimate

The following powers are type of positional power

Legitimate Reward Coercive

The group members are more open and respectful toward each other, and willing to ask each other for both help and feedback, at the stage of

Norming.

A leader who is___________, according to the Michigan Studies, is characterized by directive, structural and task oriented behaviors. He or she makes sure that the work gets done, subordinates perform their jobs in an acceptable fashion, and that the organization is efficient.

Production -orientated

How groups function has important implications for organizational

Productivity

Which of the studies found that leaders have two dominant sets of behaviors that predict success - consideration and initiating structure.

The Ohio State Studies

The earliest approach to the study of leadership was

Trait approach

_________leaders focus on the creation of reward contingencies and exchange relationships that result in a calculative compliance on the part of followers, while _________ leaders create and communicate a higher-level vision in a charismatic way that elicits an emotional response and commitment from the followers.

Transactional, transformational

People-oriented behaviors include

Treating employees with respect

The purpose of assembling a team is to

accomplish larger, more complex goals.

When leaders make decisions alone without involving employees in the decision making process, they are using...

authoritarian decision making

Nelson is the manager of a marketing department in a medium sized company. Nelson has six employees reporting to him. In deciding the goals for the department for next quarter, Nelson is holding a meeting for employee input and direction. Nelson uses a(n) _________ style of decision making in the marketing department.

democratic

Which type of leadership employs position power or legitimate power to exert influence over others?

directive

"We survived!" is the common sentiment of the group stage of

norming

All of the following are consequences of a high-quality leader-member exchange relationship

organizational commitment. lower turnover job satisfaction

Group leaders can finally move into coaching roles and help members grow in skill and leadership in the stage of

performing

Teams differ in terms of the tasks they are trying to accomplish, and the major tasks include all of the following

problem-solving. idea generation. production.

Group members are becoming more authentic as they express their deeper thoughts and feelings in the stage of

storming

The ideal size for a team depends on the

task at hand

Teams where the manager serves as the team leader are called

traditional teams