Exam 4: Contingency Theories in Leadership

The growing cultural diversity of the workforce and the increasing globalization of the marketplace creates the need for leaders with multicultural backgrounds and experiences.

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

How does the global economy relate to contingency leadership?

Is Theory Z still relevant today?

The manager told an employee to close the cashier station and to bag for another cashier instead. The manager used which continuum leadership style?

According to Fiedler's Contingency Theory of Leadership, the more control the leader has over the followers, the less favorable the situation is for the leader.

State the major difference between behavioral and contingency leadership theories, and explain the behavioral contribution to contingency theories.

A characteristic of followers that can substitute for leadership is:

The normative leadership model is the most complex. Do more variables improve the model?

All of the following are substitutes for leadership EXCEPT:

According to Fiedler's Contingency Theory of Leadership, a leader's effectiveness is a function of the leader's style and the favorableness of the situation to that style.

Reviews of the research on Fiedler's Contingency Theory of Leadership have concluded that the research tends to support the model, but not for every situation.

The path-goal leadership model is used to determine which one of seven styles to select, based on the use of boss-centered versus subordinate-centered leadership, to meet the situation (boss, subordinates, situation/time) in order to maximize performance.

Environment situational factors include task structure, formal authority, and work group.

Normative leadership theory led to the development of the theory of charismatic leadership.

Explain substitutes and neutralizers of leadership.

State the continuum leadership model styles and variables.

Compare and contrast four major differences among the four contingency leadership models.

Production manager. You are an experienced competent manager of a production department. A new potential customer offered to buy a large quantity of your product for a reasonable price. The offer is open for a few days, which gives you time for input into the decision if you want it. To fill the new order, your employees would have to work nights and weekends for three weeks. The company has no union and cannot force employees to work overtime. However, your department members work well together, they have a very good performance record, and they like to participate in decision making. Which primary leadership style would you use to make the decision to take the order or not? Step 1: Which model should you use? (_____ time-driven _____ development-driven) Step 2: Which questions in your text's normative model (Exhibit 4.9 or 4.10) did you answer and how? (H = high, L = low, NA = not answered/skipped) Step 3: Which leadership style is the most appropriate? _____ decide _____ consult individually _____ consult group _____ facilitate _____ delegate

The ____ leadership model is used to determine if a person's leadership style is task- or relationship-oriented, and if the situation matches the leader's style to maximize performance.