Exam 12: Leaders and Leadership

Leader punishing behavior occurs when a leader reprimands or otherwise responds negatively to subordinates who perform undesired behavior.

Leader-member exchange theory focuses on the leader-follower dyad, that is, the relationship between the leader and the follower.

Path-goal theory describes how leaders can motivate their followers to perform at a high level and keep them satisfied.

Charismatic leaders have a vision of how good things could be in an organization in contrast to how things currently are.

Directive behavior is very similar to consideration.

The trait and behavior approaches to leadership both focus on what effective leaders are like.

Fiedler devised the least preferred co-employee scale (LPC) to measure leader style.

The leader behaviors of initiating structure and consideration are BEST described as ________.

Even though ________ have no official job authority, their ability to influence others often stems from some special skills or talents they possess.

A leader who is really ineffective may be helped by the romance of leadership.

Transactional and transformational leadership produce the same organizational results.

Discuss the concept of "leader style" in Fiedler's contingency theory of leadership.

Formal leaders are those managers who are given the authority to influence other members in the organization to achieve its goals.

________ involves behaviors indicating that a leader trusts, respects, and values good relationships with his or her followers.

What gender differences emerged in the leadership research?

Position power has little effect on whether a situation is favorable for leading.

Briefly describe the four types of behaviors leaders can engage in to motivate subordinates according to the path-goal theory.

The contingency theory of leadership examines ________.

________ leaders want their subordinates to perform at a high level and accomplish all of their assigned tasks.

Directive leadership behaviors are likely to be beneficial when subordinates work on complex and difficult projects.