Exam 4: Contingency Theories in Leadership

Describe the contingency leadership theory variables.

Identify the path-goal leadership model styles and variables.

Providing high structure is an example of directive leadership style.

Path-goal leadership theory is based on motivation theories of goal setting and expectancy theory.

The most powerful determinant of overall situational favorableness is:

Supportive leadership is appropriate when the followers do not want autocratic leadership, have external locus of control, and follower ability is high.

The role of the leader is to answer questions and provide encouragement and resources using the facilitate leadership style.

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

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.

A characteristic of the task that can substitute for leadership is:

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

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

Characteristics of the task include formalization (explicit plans, goals, and areas of responsibility), inflexibility (rigid, unbending rules and procedures), and invariant methodology.

Identify the contingency leadership model styles and variables.

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

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.

Unlike other contingency leadership models, the path-goal leadership model does not have a ____ trait.

The continuum and path-goal leadership models are descriptive models, because users select the appropriate leadership style for a given situation based on their own judgment.

List which leadership models are prescriptive and descriptive, and explain why they are classified as such.

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