Exam 16: Leadership

Transactional and transformational leadership are opposing approaches to getting things done.

One general conclusion that surfaces from leadership research is that ________.

Milan will be managing project engineers in 17 countries around the globe. To maximize his chances for success in these widely diverse cultures, Milan should adopt a(n) ________ leadership style.

Jeremy is not in the habit of deciding everything on his own. He involves his team in the decision-making process as much as possible. He believes in communicating clearly and is always ready to help his team to get the best out of them. Jeremy's leadership style will be classified as which one of the following?

Charisma is an essential quality that leaders must possess to achieve high levels of employee performance.

Which one of the following is the type of power a person has because of his or her position in the formal organizational hierarchy?

When employee satisfaction is measured, employees seemed to be more satisfied under a(n) ________ leadership style than under a(n) ________ one.

Evidence indicates that transformational leadership is strongly correlated with ________.

Despite the best efforts of researchers, it proved impossible to identify one set of traits that would always differentiate leaders from nonleaders.

Legitimate power and authority are one and the same.

Lately Francesca has been setting challenging goals and expecting subordinates to perform at their highest level. According to the path-goal model, she is acting as a(n) ________ leader.

Which one of the following leadership styles describes a leader who provides both directive and supportive behavior?

Leadership training works best with individuals who are high self-monitors.

Your firm's attorney exercises ________ power when giving legal advice.

Legitimate power is inherent in management positions.

Credibility is the degree to which followers perceive someone as honest, competent, and able to inspire.

A leader, such as Bill Gates of Microsoft, who can inspire followers above their own self-interests and can have a profound effect on their performance, is known as a(n) ________ leader.

Jack emphasizes to his people that the work must be done, regardless of circumstances, and encourages his employees to meet their sales quotas. He is generally liked, but because sales are unstructured, sometimes his employees resent his rather heavy-handed approach. Fiedler's contingency model would classify Jack as ________ oriented.

To measure a leader's style, Fiedler developed the ________.

Chuck manages the front-end crew at a fast food restaurant. For most of his crew, this is their first job so they have very few job skills but also seem reluctant to perform. In this situation, Chuck should use the ________ style.