Exam 12: Leadership

Adrian Atwood, a senior manager at MNC, spends a lot of his time assigning group members to particular tasks and scheduling their work such that deadlines are achievable. Adrian also sets high expectations for standards of performance and holds regular meetings to ensure that productivity and quality are up to the mark. In the light of the Ohio State Studies, this indicates that Adrian, as a leader, is ________.

Attempts to integrate ethical and charismatic leadership have led to the advancement of the idea of socialized charismatic leadership.

As an upper level manager in his organization, Lionel Tucker has been asked to mentor a less experienced, lower-level employee. His boss wants both the lower-level employee and Lionel to have input into the relationship. Lionel is not happy with the request because he feels his work load is already too heavy. Lionel reluctantly agrees to the request because he ________.

Max Hiller was recently hired by Sync, a consumer goods company. During his first meeting with the sales team, Max impressed upon his team that work performance is the only criterion he would use to evaluate them. To help them perform well and meet their targets, he pushed his team to work extra hours. He also gave very clear instructions to each member regarding their job responsibilities and continually verified if they were meeting their targets. Which of the following, if true, would weaken Max's approach?

The Ohio State Studies started with more than a thousand dimensions of leader behavior.

Which of the following statements regarding leadership is true?

A(n) ________ is a senior employee who sponsors and supports a less-experienced employee, a protégé.

According to the situational leadership theory, if followers are unable and willing to do a task, then a leader needs to ________.

In terms of the full range of leadership models, which leadership behavior represents the most active and effective approach for leaders?

The Ohio State Studies narrowed a list of more than a thousand dimensions to just one that accounted for most of the leadership behavior described by employees: participation.

The leader-member exchange (LMX) theory proposes that the leader implicitly categorizes the follower as belonging to his ingroup or out group after a detailed analysis of his or her performance over a prolonged period of time.

An individual who lacks self-esteem and questions his or her self-worth is more likely to absorb a leader's direction rather than establish and individual way of leading or thinking.

According to the attribution theory of leadership, a person aiming to be a leader has to ________.

Which theory of leadership proposes that followers attribute heroic or extraordinary leadership abilities when they observe certain behaviors?

Leaders who want to foster a climate that reinforces ethical behavior do all of the following except ________.

According to the Big Five personality model, emotional stability is the most important trait of effective leaders.

Intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration are likely to be seen in the management by exception (active) style of leadership.

Which of the following statements is true with regard to the path-goal theory of leadership?

Leslie is a middle-level production manager at the California branch of ALT Corp. ALT Corp. is an automobile manufacturing company that specializes in the manufacture of heavy motor vehicles. Leslie's job is to supervise his assembly line employees. Leslie has worked in this position for over four years, and he strongly believes that a supportive leadership style is most suitable in his context. Which of the following, if true, would weaken Leslie's approach to leadership in this case?

In the context of Fiedler's model, the situational dimension termed ________ relates to the degree of influence a leader has over important variables such as hiring, firing, discipline, promotions, and salary increases.