Exam 12: Leadership

Dora Lee has just completed and scored the LPC questionnaire given to her during an evaluation exercise. She is surprised when she finds out that she described her least preferred co-worker in relatively positive terms because she recalls being particularly annoyed by this difficult co-worker several times in the past. Based on your understanding of Fiedler's model, you explain to Dora that her LPC score makes sense within the model because ________.

Transactional leaders guide their followers toward established goals by clarifying role and task requirements.

Contingency theories focus on the ________ that impact leadership success.

The Ohio State Studies narrowed the independent dimensions of leader behavior to two that substantially accounted for most of the leadership behavior described by employees: consideration and ________.

What is the role played by traits in predicting leadership behaviors?

A transactional leader is likely to ________.

Formal mentoring programs are most likely to succeed if they appropriately match the work style, needs, and skills of protégé and mentor.

Describe the path-goal theory of leadership.

In the context of the Fiedler contingency model, leader-member relations measures the degree of influence a leader has over power variables such as hiring, firing, discipline, promotions, and salary increases.

Tim Wrench was leading the client services division of AmWeb for seven years when he was asked to move to another region where the company was setting up its office. Before moving, Tim was asked to help in finding a successor for him from his team. Tim's most obvious choice was Judy Judge, and the management accepted his choice as Judy was a popular person across the company. Judy was known for her vivacious nature, was often seen speaking to employees from various divisions, and was always excited to take up a new opportunity. Once she became a leader, she continued to give employees freedom and flexibility even if it resulted in deficiencies on the work front like missed deadlines or low quality. Judy's initial weeks as a leader were full of confusion among her team members, but many felt that the situation would come under control. When things did not improve in the next two months and many complaints poured in from clients, the management realized that Judy was not the best candidate to lead the team. Which of the following, if true, would best explain this outcome?

Which of the following Big Five personality traits has been identified as the most important trait in effective leaders?

Which of the following theoretical approaches in the study of leadership focuses on followers' readiness as a determinant of effective leadership?

In the context of behavioral dimensions of leadership identified in the Ohio State Studies, initiating structure refers to the extent to which ________.

Which of the following leadership theories argues that because of time pressures, leaders establish a special relationship with a small group of their subordinates-the ingroup, who are trusted, get a disproportionate amount of the leader's attention, and are more likely to receive special privileges?

In her first few weeks at the marketing division of Rolland Retails, Judith Cox realized that Joshua, Doug, and Carl were closer to her manager, Eric Scott, than the other five team members. Eric, Joshua, Doug, and Carl came to work at the same time, were seen together at the cafeteria, and stayed late and worked when the need arose. In contrast to them, the other five team members did the routine jobs assigned to them, and their interactions lacked the understanding and camaraderie that Eric shared with the others. Joshua, Doug, and Carl make up Eric's ________.

According to the attribution theory of leadership, leadership is characterized by ________.

________ is defined as a psychological state that exists when you agree to make yourself vulnerable to another because you have positive expectations about how things are going to turn out.

Explain mentoring with reference to the dimensions of initiating structure and consideration.

The attribution theory of leadership says leadership is merely an attribution people make about other individuals.

Leadership is best defined as ________.