Question 1

Transformational leaders transform followers by creating changes in their _____.

Accepted Answer

A) goals and aspiration 
B) inspirational motivation 
C) organizational performance 
D) culture 
E) organizational commitment 
A) goals and aspiration 
B) inspirational motivation 
C) organizational performance 
D) culture 
E) organizational commitment A

Question 2

Which of the following environmental factors is a contingency factor that describes leadership effectiveness?

Accepted Answer

A) Work group dynamics 
B) Experience 
C) Need for clarity 
D) Need for achievement 
E) Task ability 
A) Work group dynamics 
B) Experience 
C) Need for clarity 
D) Need for achievement 
E) Task ability A

Question 3

According to the leader-member exchange model of leadership, out-group exchanges are characterized by _____.

Accepted Answer

A) need for power 
B) need for achievement 
C) a lack of mutual respect 
D) charisma 
E) transactions 
A) need for power 
B) need for achievement 
C) a lack of mutual respect 
D) charisma 
E) transactions C

Question 4

To improve leader-member exchanges, managers should:

Accepted Answer

A) stay focused on the individual team member's goals. 
B) empower the group member to get things done. 
C) delegate the power to exercise control to a senior team member. 
D) work to improve team members' relationships with the senior-level organization. 
E) use an authentic, respectful, and assertive approach to resolve differences with the manager. 
A) stay focused on the individual team member's goals. 
B) empower the group member to get things done. 
C) delegate the power to exercise control to a senior team member. 
D) work to improve team members' relationships with the senior-level organization. 
E) use an authentic, respectful, and assertive approach to resolve differences with the manager.

Question 5

_____ leadership represents a general failure to take responsibility for leading.

Accepted Answer

A) Transactional 
B) Transformational 
C) Trait 
D) Contingency 
E) Laissez-faire 
A) Transactional 
B) Transformational 
C) Trait 
D) Contingency 
E) Laissez-faire

Question 6

According to Fiedler's Contingency Model, _____ refers to the extent to which the leader has the support, loyalty, and trust of the work group.

Accepted Answer

A) initiating structure 
B) leader-member exchange 
C) task structure 
D) leader-member relations 
E) position power 
A) initiating structure 
B) leader-member exchange 
C) task structure 
D) leader-member relations 
E) position power

Question 7

_____ focuses on clarifying employees' role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance.

Accepted Answer

A) Transformational leadership 
B) Trait leadership 
C) In-group leadership 
D) Transactional leadership 
E) Out-group leadership 
A) Transformational leadership 
B) Trait leadership 
C) In-group leadership 
D) Transactional leadership 
E) Out-group leadership

Question 8

Contingency factors are variables that influence the appropriateness of a leadership style.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Transactional leadership focuses on clarifying employees' role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A leader trait is a physical or personality characteristic that can be used to differentiate leaders from followers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

_____ is defined as "a dynamic, interactive influence process among individuals in groups for which the objective is to lead one another to the achievement of group or organizational goals or both.

Accepted Answer

A) Transactional leadership 
B) Contingency leadership 
C) Trait leadership 
D) Shared leadership 
E) Path-goal leadership 
A) Transactional leadership 
B) Contingency leadership 
C) Trait leadership 
D) Shared leadership 
E) Path-goal leadership

Question 12

Emotional intelligence is a mental representation of the traits and behaviors that people believe are possessed by leaders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

According to Fiedler's contingency model the three dimensions of situational control are leader-member relations, task structure, and position power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Inspirational motivation, one of the sets of leadership behaviors, involves behaviors that encourage employees to question the status quo and to seek innovative and creative solutions to organizational problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In an in-group exchange, leaders are characterized as overseers who fail to create a sense of mutual trust, respect, or common fate in in-group exchange.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following managerial implications underscores the support for transformational leadership?

Accepted Answer

A) The best leaders are transactional and adopt a "wait-and-see" style. 
B) Transformational leaders, who are mostly unethical, select or produce obedient, dependent, and compliant followers. 
C) Employees at any level in an organization can be trained to be more transactional and transformational. 
D) Transformational leaders need to adapt to a virtual work style to reach out to a larger audience. 
E) Transformational leadership only affects individual-level outcomes like job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and performance. 
A) The best leaders are transactional and adopt a "wait-and-see" style. 
B) Transformational leaders, who are mostly unethical, select or produce obedient, dependent, and compliant followers. 
C) Employees at any level in an organization can be trained to be more transactional and transformational. 
D) Transformational leaders need to adapt to a virtual work style to reach out to a larger audience. 
E) Transformational leadership only affects individual-level outcomes like job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and performance.

Question 17

Under which of the following conditions is supportive and directive leadership helpful?

Accepted Answer

A) When employees have an internal locus of control 
B) When employees have high task ability 
C) When employees are less experienced 
D) When employees' need for achievement is low 
E) When employees do not fit into the work group dynamics 
A) When employees have an internal locus of control 
B) When employees have high task ability 
C) When employees are less experienced 
D) When employees' need for achievement is low 
E) When employees do not fit into the work group dynamics

Question 18

Servant-leadership is more a philosophy of managing than a testable theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

According to the leader-member exchange model of leadership, in-group exchanges are characterized by mutual _____.

Accepted Answer

A) need for power 
B) trust 
C) need for achievement 
D) dislike 
E) transactions 
A) need for power 
B) trust 
C) need for achievement 
D) dislike 
E) transactions

Question 20

According to the path-goal theory, when a manager presents the work group in a positive light to others and maintains positive relationships with influential others, he or she exemplifies _____ behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) path-goal clarifying 
B) supportive 
C) interaction-facilitation 
D) group-oriented decision-making 
E) representation and networking 
A) path-goal clarifying 
B) supportive 
C) interaction-facilitation 
D) group-oriented decision-making 
E) representation and networking

Transformational leaders transform followers by creating changes in their _____.

Which of the following environmental factors is a contingency factor that describes leadership effectiveness?

According to the leader-member exchange model of leadership, out-group exchanges are characterized by _____.

To improve leader-member exchanges, managers should:

_____ leadership represents a general failure to take responsibility for leading.

According to Fiedler's Contingency Model, _____ refers to the extent to which the leader has the support, loyalty, and trust of the work group.

_____ focuses on clarifying employees' role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance.

Contingency factors are variables that influence the appropriateness of a leadership style.

Transactional leadership focuses on clarifying employees' role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance.

A leader trait is a physical or personality characteristic that can be used to differentiate leaders from followers.

_____ is defined as "a dynamic, interactive influence process among individuals in groups for which the objective is to lead one another to the achievement of group or organizational goals or both.

Emotional intelligence is a mental representation of the traits and behaviors that people believe are possessed by leaders.

According to Fiedler's contingency model the three dimensions of situational control are leader-member relations, task structure, and position power.

Inspirational motivation, one of the sets of leadership behaviors, involves behaviors that encourage employees to question the status quo and to seek innovative and creative solutions to organizational problems.

In an in-group exchange, leaders are characterized as overseers who fail to create a sense of mutual trust, respect, or common fate in in-group exchange.

Which of the following managerial implications underscores the support for transformational leadership?

Under which of the following conditions is supportive and directive leadership helpful?

Servant-leadership is more a philosophy of managing than a testable theory.

According to the leader-member exchange model of leadership, in-group exchanges are characterized by mutual _____.

According to the path-goal theory, when a manager presents the work group in a positive light to others and maintains positive relationships with influential others, he or she exemplifies _____ behavior.

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Managing Diversity: Releasing Every Employees Potential

Organizational Culture, Socialization, and Mentoring

International OB: Managing Across Cultures

Key Individual Differences and the Road to Success

Values, Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, and Counter-Productive Work Behaviors

Social Perception and Attributions

Foundations of Motivation

Improving Job Performance With Goals, Feedback, Rewards, and Positive Reinforcement

Group Dynamics

Developing and Leading Effective Teams

Individual and Group Decision Making

Managing Conflict and Negotiating

Communicating in the Digital Age

Influence, Empowerment, and Politics

Organizational Design, Effectiveness, and Innovation

Managing Change and Stress

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Exam 16: Leadership

Transformational leaders transform followers by creating changes in their _____.

Which of the following environmental factors is a contingency factor that describes leadership effectiveness?

According to the leader-member exchange model of leadership, out-group exchanges are characterized by _____.

To improve leader-member exchanges, managers should:

_____ leadership represents a general failure to take responsibility for leading.

According to Fiedler's Contingency Model, _____ refers to the extent to which the leader has the support, loyalty, and trust of the work group.

_____ focuses on clarifying employees' role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance.

Contingency factors are variables that influence the appropriateness of a leadership style.

Transactional leadership focuses on clarifying employees' role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance.

A leader trait is a physical or personality characteristic that can be used to differentiate leaders from followers.

_____ is defined as "a dynamic, interactive influence process among individuals in groups for which the objective is to lead one another to the achievement of group or organizational goals or both.

Emotional intelligence is a mental representation of the traits and behaviors that people believe are possessed by leaders.

According to Fiedler's contingency model the three dimensions of situational control are leader-member relations, task structure, and position power.

Inspirational motivation, one of the sets of leadership behaviors, involves behaviors that encourage employees to question the status quo and to seek innovative and creative solutions to organizational problems.

In an in-group exchange, leaders are characterized as overseers who fail to create a sense of mutual trust, respect, or common fate in in-group exchange.

Which of the following managerial implications underscores the support for transformational leadership?

Under which of the following conditions is supportive and directive leadership helpful?

Servant-leadership is more a philosophy of managing than a testable theory.

According to the leader-member exchange model of leadership, in-group exchanges are characterized by mutual _____.

According to the path-goal theory, when a manager presents the work group in a positive light to others and maintains positive relationships with influential others, he or she exemplifies _____ behavior.

Organizational Behavior: The Quest for People-Centered Organizations and Ethical Conduct

Managing Diversity: Releasing Every Employees Potential

Organizational Culture, Socialization, and Mentoring

International OB: Managing Across Cultures

Key Individual Differences and the Road to Success

Values, Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, and Counter-Productive Work Behaviors

Social Perception and Attributions

Foundations of Motivation

Improving Job Performance With Goals, Feedback, Rewards, and Positive Reinforcement

Group Dynamics

Developing and Leading Effective Teams

Individual and Group Decision Making

Managing Conflict and Negotiating

Communicating in the Digital Age

Influence, Empowerment, and Politics

Organizational Design, Effectiveness, and Innovation

Managing Change and Stress

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