Exam 11: Leadership and Trust

New team leaders may try to retain too much control at a time when team members need more autonomy, or they may abandon their teams at times when the teams need support and help.

Compare and contrast the path goal theory of leadership with the Vroom's leadership and decision- making model. Under what circumstances, would one of these theories be more relevant or applicable than the other?

Not all leaders are managers, nor are all managers leaders.

________ was the term used by researchers at Ohio State to describe the leadership behavior that is most similar to employee- centered behavior.

The path- goal theory assumes that leaders are able to change their leadership style to meet the requirements of the situation

In moderately favorable situations, according to Fiedler which leader performs better?

According to the University of Michigan studies, leaders who were________ were associated with higher group productivity and higher job satisfaction.

According to Fiedler's LPC model, relationship- oriented leaders perform best in either very unfavorable situations.

Identification of Leadership Behaviors Patrick has just been hired in a management/leadership position for Trion's Inc. It should prove a challenging position due to the fact the Board of Directors wants to see the profit margin back to 5% in 18 months or less. Things have not been going well at Trion's Inc. Patrick wonders which leadership style will be more effective in order to accomplish the tasks that need to be done? He does not have much time so maybe he should centralize authority, dictate work methods, and make the decisions, at least for a while. However, that really is not the method Patrick prefers. He would rather involve employees in decision making, delegate authority, and encourage participation in decision- making, but make the final decision himself. From what he has observed, the last leadership style that was used with the group of employees was to allow employees to do whatever they wanted, giving them complete freedom to make decisions. The only input from the leader was to supply necessary materials and answer questions. -Tannenbaum and Schmidt would advise Patrick to move toward more________ centered styles.

Visionary leaders appear to have three qualities related to effectiveness in their leadership roles. Which of the following is not one of those qualities?

Fiedler defined ________ as the degree of confidence, trust, and respect subordinates have in their leader.

Describe the seven key characteristics of charismatic leaders.

Describe the Fiedler LPC approach to leadership; what is the major feature that distinguishes it from the other situational approaches to leadership?

The leader that is most likely to contribute by asking penetration questions, helping the team talk through problems, and getting needed resources from external constituencies is known as the ________ leader.

A leader who tends to centralize authority, dictate work methods, and make unilateral decisions is a(n)________ leader.

Fiedler's LPC questionnaire purports to measure the leader's behavioral orientation as either_________ or________ .

The________ is/are based on "concern for people" and "concern for production."

Blake and Mouton's managerial grid identifies alternative leadership styles that are different combinations of concern for task and concern for people.

According to Lewin, quantity of work accomplished was equal using which two types of leadership styles?

According to House's path- goal theory a(n)________ leader is one who actively seeks subordinate and group suggestions and opinions when making decisions that affect them.