Exam 12: Leaders and Leadership

When transformational leadership is present, subordinates do NOT display ________.

Discuss the leader trait approach. List the traits shown to have the strongest relationship to effective leadership.

Which of the following will NOT be accomplished by allowing subordinates to participate in making decisions and solving problems?

________ occurs when a leader motivates followers purely by exchanging rewards for good performance and noticing and reprimanding subordinates for mistakes and substandard performance.

Which of the following is an advantage of employee participation?

The contingency theory of leadership considers how leadership is affected by individual characteristics and situational circumstances.

________ are given the authority to influence members to achieve organizational goals.

According to path-goal theory, directive behavior lets subordinates know what tasks need to be performed and how they should be performed.

Early studies of leadership considered the traits that leaders possess.

Leadership substitutes are functional for organizations because they free up some of a leader's time for other activities.

According to Fiedler's contingency theory, which of the following is NOT correct?

________ occurs when a leader positively reinforces subordinates' desirable behaviors.

Jose Garza spends long hours every day doing research for Biotech, Inc., a company that is focused on finding alternative fuel sources in a world that is growing more concerned each day about carbon emissions and climate change. Since he entered high school, some ten years ago, Jose has been deeply concerned about these issues as well. Because of his devotion to this cause, Jose is very happy in his job doing research in the field. Oftentimes he even works long past his paid work hours because he enjoys what he is doing and thinks it to be so important. Which of the following is TRUE?

Leadership neutralizers can ________.

The first priority of task-oriented leaders is having good relationships with their subordinates.

According to Fiedler's leadership model, task-oriented leaders are most effective in situations that are very favorable or very unfavorable.

Transactional leaders motivate followers by ________.

The issue of establishing trust between leaders and subordinates is a central concept in ethical leadership.

According to Fiedler, ________ are MOST effective in very favorable or unfavorable situations.

A ________ is something that acts in the place of a formal leader and makes leadership unnecessary.