Exam 4: Contingency Theories in Leadership

When a leader sets difficult but achievable goals, expects followers to perform at their highest level, and rewards them for doing so, the leader is using a participative style.

Situational favorableness refers to the degree to which a situation enables the leader to exert influence over the followers.

Not all seven variables/questions are relevant to all decisions using the normative leadership model.

The characteristics of the decisions made in the time-driven model are:

What is the primary difference between the contingency leadership model and the other leadership models (leadership, continuum, path-goal, and normative leadership)?

What are the two contingency leadership theory leadership styles?

Actual managers' complaints that the normative leadership model is too cumbersome with all of its questions:

Which of the following best represents a situation in which a task-oriented leadership style should be used?

What are the path-goal theory leadership styles?

____ leadership models tell the user exactly which style to use in a given situation.

Authoritarianism is the extent of the leader's position power.

1. Identify the one contingency leadership model you prefer to use on the job, and state why. 2. Describe the type of leader that you want to be on the job. Identify specific behavior you plan to use as a leader. You may also want to identify behavior you will not use.

The contingency leadership model leadership variables include:

What is the difference between a theory and a model?

State the normative leadership model styles and the number of variables.

Identify the path-goal leadership model style and variables.

State the leadership continuum model major styles and variables.

Global companies such as McDonald's with restaurants all over the world do not have to be concerned about differences in leadership styles across countries.

____ means that the leader works with followers to help them identify and learn the behaviors that will lead to successful task accomplishment and organizational rewards.

How does the global economy relate to contingency leadership?