Exam 10: Leaders and Leadership

When leaders are effective, their influence often detracts from goal attainment.

When a manager goes out of his or her way to give subordinates opportunities to increase their skills and capabilities, he or she is engaging in ________.

The authority that a manager has because of his/her position in the organizational hierarchy is known as ________.

According to Fiedler, the extent to which subordinates trust and are loyal to their superior is known as ________.

Susan manages a large factory, and as a result, she has the right to punish subordinates, which stems from her ______________ power.

In many ways, a major part of leadership effectiveness, including encouraging and supporting creativity among subordinates and helping leaders develop a vision for their organizations, is ________.

According to the trait model, the attribute of leadership that helps managers deal with uncertainty and make difficult decisions is ________.

The concept that the effectiveness of a leader depends on the situation that the leader faces is proposed by the ________ model leadership theory.

Leadership that makes subordinates aware of their jobs' importance to the organization is called ________.

An enthusiastic, self-confident leader who is able to clearly communicate his/her vision of how good things could be is known as a ________.

Which of the following takes into account the situation or context within which leadership occurs?

Based on gender, research on leader behaviors has found that ________.

Effective leaders and managers perform both initiating structure and consideration leader behaviors.

Which of the following is displayed by managers who look out for their subordinates' well-being and see to it that they enjoy their work?

The process of giving all employees the authority to make decisions and be responsible for their outcomes is known as ________.

Roberta, a store manager, uses her coercive power effectively to motivate employees. Because of her coercive power, Roberta would be able to ________.

Which of the following terms was used by Fiedler to refer to the manager's characteristic approach to leadership?

Bradley Motors gives assembly-line workers the authority to shut down the production line whenever they believe that there is a quality defect in the production process. In granting this authority to their workers, Bradley has implemented ________.

The leadership substitutes model suggests that under certain conditions managers do not have to play a leadership role ________.

According to Fiedler, the extent to which the work of subordinates is clear so that they know what to do and how to do it is known as ________.