Exam 12: Leaders and Leadership

The Vroom-Yetton model classifies the different styles of decision making into the categories labeled as ________.

Leader reward behavior is generally more effective than leader punishing behavior MOST LIKELY because ________.

Fiedler asserts that ________ are relatively fixed or enduring.

________ are MOST LIKELY to have high levels of self-confidence and self-esteem, which encourages their followers to respect and admire them.

Define leadership substitutes and leadership neutralizers. What are the primary sources of substitutes and neutralizers? Are they good for the organization?

Which of the following do leaders NOT use to motivate employees when using the path-goal theory of leadership?

Although relationship-oriented leaders want to develop good working relationship with their followers, their first priority is task accomplishment.

The ability of informal leaders to influence others MOST OFTEN stems from ________.

A ________ is an individual who is able to influence group or organizational members to help the group or organization achieve its goals.

Yolanda Sparks is a leader who believes strongly in the relationship-oriented approach to leadership. Over the years, the use of this style has meant mostly good things for her company, Sandstone, Inc. Some of her subordinates, however, have complained about her leadership style in anonymous questionnaires routinely filled out by employees. Which of the following is MOST LIKELY a complaint that one of her employees has put in an anonymous questionnaire?

________ suggests that leaders need to focus on what outcomes motivate their followers and then to distribute those outcomes to subordinates when they attain their work goals and perform at a high level.

According to Fiedler, leaders cannot be taught to be relationship-oriented or task-oriented; moreover, a leader cannot alter his or her style according to the situation.

Leadership neutralizers tend to be dysfunctional for the organization because they MOST OFTEN indicate that the ________.

Leadership does NOT involve ________.

Ronald Ross is an employee in a work group of five people. Ronald's supervisor, Randy, interacts with other group members in a relatively superficial manner, providing them with information they need to get the job done while remaining formal and somewhat distant and cold. In contrast, Ronald and Randy have a great working relationship, exchanging information and unsolicited suggestions. Based on the leader-member exchange theory, the relationship between Ronald and Randy is BEST classified as ________.

Fiedler suggested that when leaders are under stress, they concentrate on ________.

________ inspires followers to trust the leader, perform behaviors that contribute to the achievement of organizational goals, and perform at high levels.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of transformational leadership?

For some traits, it is not clear what comes first: being in a leadership position or possessing the trait in question.

Transformational leadership is positively related to the motivation, job satisfaction, and job performance of subordinates.