Week 3- Apply: Quiz
According to the path-goal theory, followers will actively support a leader as long as they view the leader's actions as a means for increasing their own levels of satisfaction.
- True
The highest levels of situational favorability occur when leader-member relations are good, the task is structured, and the position power is high.
- True
In the context of the Situational Leadership model, which of the following best defines follower readiness?
- a follower's ability and willingness to accomplish a particular task
According to the path-goal theory, follower satisfaction is directly related to the degree of participative behaviors manifested by a leader.
- False
The path-goal theory considers three situational factors that moderate the effects of leader behavior on follower behavior.
- True
The highest levels of situational favorability most likely occur when
- leader-member relations are good, the task is structured, and position power is high.
In the context of the leader-member exchange (LMX) theory, which of the following statements is true of the role-taking stage of development?
- A leader offers opportunities and evaluates a follower's performance and potential.
In terms of the path-goal theory, which of the following is considered a situational factor?
- the task
In the context of contingency theory, the least preferred coworker (LPC) score is intended to represent follower behaviors and situational factors.
- False
In the context of the four types of leader behavior in the path-goal theory, which of the following is most likely a characteristic of achievement-oriented leadership?
- Leaders support follower behaviors by exhibiting a high degree of confidence so that subordinates can put forth the necessary effort.
Which of the following statements about high-LPC leaders is most likely true?
- They are primarily satisfied by establishing and maintaining close interpersonal relationships.
Both leader behaviors and follower characteristics are important in determining outcomes in the path-goal theory.
- True
In the routinization stage of development of the leader-member exchange theory, similarities (for the in-group) and differences (often accentuated for the out-group) become cemented.
- True
Low-LPC leaders will focus on improving their relationships with followers after they are assured that assigned tasks are being satisfactorily accomplished.
- True
Situational Leadership is a useful way of getting leaders to think about how leadership effectiveness may depend on being flexible with different subordinates.
- True
With Situational Leadership, follower readiness refers to a follower's ability and willingness to accomplish a particular task.
- True
In the context of the Situational Leadership model, which of the following depicts selling as a leadership behavior?
- high task behavior, high relationship behavior
Which two broad categories of leader behaviors did the Situational Leadership model originally identify?
- initiating structure and consideration
In the context of the Situational Leadership model, which of the following was defined as the extent to which a leader spells out the responsibilities of an individual or group?
- task behaviors
Which of the following instruments does Fiedler's contingency theory use to determine the relevant characteristics of a leader?
- the least preferred co-worker scale
The normative decision model is limited only to
- decision making
The contingency model of leadership maintains that leaders are extremely flexible in their behavior.
- False
The path-goal theory assumes that leaders use the same styles with different subordinates.
- False
In the context of the Situational Leadership model, which of the following is a relationship behavior?
- Explaining why a task is important
According to the situational leadership model, relationship behaviors involve how a leader tells the followers what to do and how to do it.
- Falsa
According to Fiedler's contingency model, the content of leadership training should emphasize behavioral flexibility in leaders rather than situational engineering.
- False
According to the situational leadership model, follower readiness involves an assessment of an individual's personality, intelligence, and values.
- False
Which of the following statements about the path-goal theory is most likely false?
- If a task is very structured, informal authority decreases follower motivation levels.
Which of the following statements is true of the Situational Leadership model?
- It maintains that leaders who correctly base their behaviors on follower maturity will be highly effective.
What should leaders first assess in order to apply the Situational Leadership model?
- The readiness level of a follower relative to the task to be accomplished
A model that is parsimonious is the one which has the greatest explanatory power on using the fewest predictor variables as possible.
- True
According to Hershey, leaders should implement a series of developmental interventions in order to increase follower readiness levels for particular tasks by first assessing a follower's current level of readiness and then determining the leader behavior that best suits that follower in that task.
- True
According to the path-goal theory, a leader should assess a situation and select a leadership behavior appropriate to situational demands.
- True
In the context of the leader-member exchange theory, which of the following stages of development in the process of relationship development occurs early in a subordinate's work?
- role-taking
