Question 1

How does a supervisor initiate in-group or out-group relationships with subordinates?

Accepted Answer

A)  The decision may be based on personal compatibility and subordinate competence. 
B)  Assignment into a group is based on the results of the supervisor's least-preferred coworker scale. 
C)  Subordinates are allowed to move freely between the in-group and out-group. 
D)  Newer employees comprise the in-group until they learn their jobs, at which point they transfer to the out-group. 
E)  The relationships develop in a random, unpredictable fashion. 
A)  The decision may be based on personal compatibility and subordinate competence. 
B)  Assignment into a group is based on the results of the supervisor's least-preferred coworker scale. 
C)  Subordinates are allowed to move freely between the in-group and out-group. 
D)  Newer employees comprise the in-group until they learn their jobs, at which point they transfer to the out-group. 
E)  The relationships develop in a random, unpredictable fashion.

Question 2

Strategic leadership includes all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  leading change. 
B)  understanding the organization 
C)  understanding the organization's environment. 
D)  maintaining a superior alignment of the organization and the environment. 
E)  maintaining ethical leadership 
A)  leading change. 
B)  understanding the organization 
C)  understanding the organization's environment. 
D)  maintaining a superior alignment of the organization and the environment. 
E)  maintaining ethical leadership

Question 3

As a coach, the organizational leader would do all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  help select team members. 
B)  provide some general direction. 
C)  gain an understanding of the values of their young workers. 
D)  help train and develop team members. 
E)  help the team get information and other resources it may need. 
A)  help select team members. 
B)  provide some general direction. 
C)  gain an understanding of the values of their young workers. 
D)  help train and develop team members. 
E)  help the team get information and other resources it may need.

Question 4

Match each of the following scenarios with the type of leadership it most clearly illustrates.
-​charismatic

Accepted Answer

A) John's the new director of a department that has been successful for a long time.Until a fire comes along, he's more concerned with keeping things running smoothly than with rocking the boat. 
B) Belinda is the owner of a small business that's been growing stagnant for a few years.Its market share is beginning to slip, and Belinda knows that a total organizational overhaul is necessary to put her company back on top. 
C) It's a good thing that Hillary is an ethical person, because her subordinates follow her blindly.She expects great things from her employees, and they rarely fail to rise to her expectations. 
A) John's the new director of a department that has been successful for a long time.Until a fire comes along, he's more concerned with keeping things running smoothly than with rocking the boat. 
B) Belinda is the owner of a small business that's been growing stagnant for a few years.Its market share is beginning to slip, and Belinda knows that a total organizational overhaul is necessary to put her company back on top. 
C) It's a good thing that Hillary is an ethical person, because her subordinates follow her blindly.She expects great things from her employees, and they rarely fail to rise to her expectations.

Question 5

In the wake of recent corporate scandals, the behaviors of top leaders

Accepted Answer

A)  have lost much of their impact. 
B)  are now matters of public record. 
C)  are being scrutinized more closely than ever. 
D)  have become synonymous with greed. 
E)  have become almost forgotten history. 
A)  have lost much of their impact. 
B)  are now matters of public record. 
C)  are being scrutinized more closely than ever. 
D)  have become synonymous with greed. 
E)  have become almost forgotten history.

Question 6

According to Hersey and Blanchard, what does appropriate leader behavior depend on?

Accepted Answer

A)  follower personality 
B)  follower loyalty 
C)  follower readiness 
D)  organizational budgets 
E)  intragroup conflict 
A)  follower personality 
B)  follower loyalty 
C)  follower readiness 
D)  organizational budgets 
E)  intragroup conflict

Question 7

The leader-member exchange model (LMX) of leadership stresses the importance of the relationships between supervisors and subordinates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Moira is a manager whose subordinates have high readiness.According to the Hersey and Blanchard model of leadership, Moira should use which of the following styles?

Accepted Answer

A)  Telling 
B)  Selling 
C)  Participating 
D)  Delegating 
E)  Situational 
A)  Telling 
B)  Selling 
C)  Participating 
D)  Delegating 
E)  Situational

Question 9

Characteristics of the organization that may substitute for leadership include all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  rules and procedures. 
B)  physical distance between supervisor and employee. 
C)  rigid reward structure. 
D)  plans and goals. 
E)  experienced workforce. 
A)  rules and procedures. 
B)  physical distance between supervisor and employee. 
C)  rigid reward structure. 
D)  plans and goals. 
E)  experienced workforce.

Question 10

The difference between leadership substitutes and leadership neutralizers is that substitutes make leadership _________, whereas neutralizers make leadership _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  easier, harder 
B)  harder, easier 
C)  impossible, unnecessary 
D)  unnecessary, impossible 
E)  ineffective, effective 
A)  easier, harder 
B)  harder, easier 
C)  impossible, unnecessary 
D)  unnecessary, impossible 
E)  ineffective, effective

Question 11

According to the leader-member exchange model (LMX), all of the following describe in-group members EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  they receive special duties. 
B)  they receive special privileges. 
C)  they are privy to sensitive information. 
D)  they have more friends at work. 
E)  they receive more rewards. 
A)  they receive special duties. 
B)  they receive special privileges. 
C)  they are privy to sensitive information. 
D)  they have more friends at work. 
E)  they receive more rewards.

Question 12

Which attribute is seen as universally negative across a wide range of cultures?

Accepted Answer

A)  dictatorial 
B)  sensitive 
C)  evasive 
D)  cunning 
E)  risk taking 
A)  dictatorial 
B)  sensitive 
C)  evasive 
D)  cunning 
E)  risk taking

Question 13

Which leadership style of the Hersey and Blanchard model entails allowing followers to work independently with little or no overseeing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Telling 
B)  Selling 
C)  Participating 
D)  Delegating 
E)  Situational 
A)  Telling 
B)  Selling 
C)  Participating 
D)  Delegating 
E)  Situational

Question 14

How has path-goal theory been refined over the years?

Accepted Answer

A)  The basis of the theory was changed from expectancy theory to equity theory. 
B)  The theory was revised as a decision-making theory. 
C)  Additional forms of leader behavior were included. 
D)  The theory was combined with goal-setting theory. 
E)  A software version of the model was made available to managers. 
A)  The basis of the theory was changed from expectancy theory to equity theory. 
B)  The theory was revised as a decision-making theory. 
C)  Additional forms of leader behavior were included. 
D)  The theory was combined with goal-setting theory. 
E)  A software version of the model was made available to managers.

Question 15

Which leadership style of the Hersey and Blanchard model entails providing direction and defining roles?

Accepted Answer

A)  Telling 
B)  Selling 
C)  Participating 
D)  Delegating 
E)  Situational 
A)  Telling 
B)  Selling 
C)  Participating 
D)  Delegating 
E)  Situational

Question 16

According to the leader-member exchange model, subordinates in the ____________________ are likely to be privy to sensitive information.

Accepted Answer

The answer of According to the leader-member exchange model, subordinates...

Question 17

According to the LMX model, the _________ of a leader receive less of the supervisor's time and attention, are more likely to be assigned mundane tasks, are not be "in the loop" insofar as information is being shared, and receive fewer rewards and overall weaker support from the leader.

Accepted Answer

A)  in-group 
B)  out-group 
C)  vertical dyad 
D)  task force 
E)  elite group 
A)  in-group 
B)  out-group 
C)  vertical dyad 
D)  task force 
E)  elite group

Question 18

A union contract that prohibits a supervisor from giving workers incentives for higher performance is an example of a leadership ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  substitute 
B)  neutralizer 
C)  diminisher 
D)  exacerbator 
E)  equalizer 
A)  substitute 
B)  neutralizer 
C)  diminisher 
D)  exacerbator 
E)  equalizer

Question 19

Over the years, the path-goal theory of leadership has been abandoned in favor of more transactional approaches to leadership.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Individual task and organizational characteristics that tend to outweigh the leader's ability to affect subordinates' satisfaction and performance are called

Accepted Answer

A)  leadership transformations. 
B)  leadership attributions. 
C)  strategic leadership. 
D)  leadership substitutes. 
E)  charisma. 
A)  leadership transformations. 
B)  leadership attributions. 
C)  strategic leadership. 
D)  leadership substitutes. 
E)  charisma.

How does a supervisor initiate in-group or out-group relationships with subordinates?

Strategic leadership includes all of the following EXCEPT

As a coach, the organizational leader would do all of the following EXCEPT

Match each of the following scenarios with the type of leadership it most clearly illustrates. -charismatic

In the wake of recent corporate scandals, the behaviors of top leaders

According to Hersey and Blanchard, what does appropriate leader behavior depend on?

The leader-member exchange model (LMX) of leadership stresses the importance of the relationships between supervisors and subordinates.

Moira is a manager whose subordinates have high readiness.According to the Hersey and Blanchard model of leadership, Moira should use which of the following styles?

Characteristics of the organization that may substitute for leadership include all of the following EXCEPT

The difference between leadership substitutes and leadership neutralizers is that substitutes make leadership _, whereas neutralizers make leadership _.

According to the leader-member exchange model (LMX), all of the following describe in-group members EXCEPT

Which attribute is seen as universally negative across a wide range of cultures?

Which leadership style of the Hersey and Blanchard model entails allowing followers to work independently with little or no overseeing?

How has path-goal theory been refined over the years?

Which leadership style of the Hersey and Blanchard model entails providing direction and defining roles?

According to the leader-member exchange model, subordinates in the ____________________ are likely to be privy to sensitive information.

According to the LMX model, the _________ of a leader receive less of the supervisor's time and attention, are more likely to be assigned mundane tasks, are not be "in the loop" insofar as information is being shared, and receive fewer rewards and overall weaker support from the leader.

A union contract that prohibits a supervisor from giving workers incentives for higher performance is an example of a leadership ___________.

Over the years, the path-goal theory of leadership has been abandoned in favor of more transactional approaches to leadership.

Individual task and organizational characteristics that tend to outweigh the leader's ability to affect subordinates' satisfaction and performance are called

An Overview of Organizational Behavior

The Changing Environment of Organizations

Individual Differences

Individual Values, Perceptions, and Reactions

Motivating Behavior

Motivating Behavior with Work and Rewards

Groups and Teams

Decision Making and Problem Solving

Communication

Managing Conflict and Negotiating

Traditional Leadership Approaches

Power, Influence, and Politics

Organizational Structure and Design

Organizational Culture

Organization Change and Change Management

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Exam 12: Contemporary Views of Leadership in Organizations

How does a supervisor initiate in-group or out-group relationships with subordinates?

Strategic leadership includes all of the following EXCEPT

As a coach, the organizational leader would do all of the following EXCEPT

Match each of the following scenarios with the type of leadership it most clearly illustrates. -​charismatic

In the wake of recent corporate scandals, the behaviors of top leaders

According to Hersey and Blanchard, what does appropriate leader behavior depend on?

The leader-member exchange model (LMX) of leadership stresses the importance of the relationships between supervisors and subordinates.

Moira is a manager whose subordinates have high readiness.According to the Hersey and Blanchard model of leadership, Moira should use which of the following styles?

Characteristics of the organization that may substitute for leadership include all of the following EXCEPT

The difference between leadership substitutes and leadership neutralizers is that substitutes make leadership _________, whereas neutralizers make leadership _________.

According to the leader-member exchange model (LMX), all of the following describe in-group members EXCEPT

Which attribute is seen as universally negative across a wide range of cultures?

Which leadership style of the Hersey and Blanchard model entails allowing followers to work independently with little or no overseeing?

How has path-goal theory been refined over the years?

Which leadership style of the Hersey and Blanchard model entails providing direction and defining roles?

According to the leader-member exchange model, subordinates in the ____________________ are likely to be privy to sensitive information.

According to the LMX model, the _________ of a leader receive less of the supervisor's time and attention, are more likely to be assigned mundane tasks, are not be "in the loop" insofar as information is being shared, and receive fewer rewards and overall weaker support from the leader.

A union contract that prohibits a supervisor from giving workers incentives for higher performance is an example of a leadership ___________.

Over the years, the path-goal theory of leadership has been abandoned in favor of more transactional approaches to leadership.

Individual task and organizational characteristics that tend to outweigh the leader's ability to affect subordinates' satisfaction and performance are called

An Overview of Organizational Behavior

The Changing Environment of Organizations

Individual Differences

Individual Values, Perceptions, and Reactions

Motivating Behavior

Motivating Behavior with Work and Rewards

Groups and Teams

Decision Making and Problem Solving

Communication

Managing Conflict and Negotiating

Traditional Leadership Approaches

Power, Influence, and Politics

Organizational Structure and Design

Organizational Culture

Organization Change and Change Management

Filters

Match each of the following scenarios with the type of leadership it most clearly illustrates. -charismatic

The difference between leadership substitutes and leadership neutralizers is that substitutes make leadership _, whereas neutralizers make leadership _.