Question 1

Briefly discuss the traits associated with "bad leadership."

Accepted Answer

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Question 2

Top managers can create and maintain ethical transformational leadership by training employees to value diversity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Describe the similarities and differences between leading and managing.

Accepted Answer

Although leading and managing overlap, e

Question 4

Shared leadership 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) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following is true about the transformational model of leadership?

Accepted Answer

A) Transformational leaders tend to have personalities that are less agreeable and extraverted. 
B) Female transformational leaders have higher emotional intelligence than male leaders. 
C) Male leaders were found to use transformational leadership more than female leaders. 
D) Rigid and bureaucratic cultures are more likely to create environments that foster the opportunity for transformational leadership to be exhibited. 
E) Transformational leadership is less traitlike and more susceptible to managerial influence. 
A) Transformational leaders tend to have personalities that are less agreeable and extraverted. 
B) Female transformational leaders have higher emotional intelligence than male leaders. 
C) Male leaders were found to use transformational leadership more than female leaders. 
D) Rigid and bureaucratic cultures are more likely to create environments that foster the opportunity for transformational leadership to be exhibited. 
E) Transformational leadership is less traitlike and more susceptible to managerial influence.

Question 6

Jim is the daytime supervisor for an automobile assembly line. He supervises forty-five workers who perform routine jobs that require minimal training. Which of the following suggests that Jim follows the path-goal model of leadership?

Accepted Answer

A) Jim has a certain idea about how he should behave as a leader and what he should do for his team of workers. 
B) Jim does not feel like taking responsibility for leading his team since their jobs require minimal training. 
C) Jim's leadership skills are most effective when applied to match the characteristics of the situation at hand. 
D) Jim wants to develop a partnership with his team illustrated by reciprocal influence, mutual trust, respect and liking, and a sense of common fates. 
E) Jim likes to provide the guidance and support needed by employees and ties meaningful rewards to accomplishment of objectives. 
A) Jim has a certain idea about how he should behave as a leader and what he should do for his team of workers. 
B) Jim does not feel like taking responsibility for leading his team since their jobs require minimal training. 
C) Jim's leadership skills are most effective when applied to match the characteristics of the situation at hand. 
D) Jim wants to develop a partnership with his team illustrated by reciprocal influence, mutual trust, respect and liking, and a sense of common fates. 
E) Jim likes to provide the guidance and support needed by employees and ties meaningful rewards to accomplishment of objectives.

Question 7

Which of the following is true regarding gender and leadership?

Accepted Answer

A) Men display more social leadership than women. 
B) Women employ a more directive style than men. 
C) Men and women are equally assertive. 
D) Men employ a more participative style than women. 
E) Women display more task leadership than men. 
A) Men display more social leadership than women. 
B) Women employ a more directive style than men. 
C) Men and women are equally assertive. 
D) Men employ a more participative style than women. 
E) Women display more task leadership than men.

Question 8

Which of the following is true about employees with an internal locus of control?

Accepted Answer

A) They are satisfied with leader behaviors that exert additional control over their activities. 
B) They believe they have no control over the work environment. 
C) They tend to view the environment as uncontrollable. 
D) They are more likely to prefer participative or achievement-oriented leadership. 
E) They prefer the structure provided by supportive or directive leadership. 
A) They are satisfied with leader behaviors that exert additional control over their activities. 
B) They believe they have no control over the work environment. 
C) They tend to view the environment as uncontrollable. 
D) They are more likely to prefer participative or achievement-oriented leadership. 
E) They prefer the structure provided by supportive or directive leadership.

Question 9

The trait theory is based on the assumption that leaders such as Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr, or Mark Zuckerberg were born with some inborn ability to lead.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Jim is the daytime supervisor for an automobile assembly line. He supervises forty-five workers who perform routine jobs that require minimal training. Which of the following suggests that Jim follows the contingency model of leadership?

Accepted Answer

A) Jim has a certain idea about how he should behave as a leader and what he should do for his team of workers. 
B) Jim does not feel like taking responsibility for leading his team since their jobs require minimal training. 
C) Jim's leadership skills are most effective when applied to match the characteristics of the situation at hand. 
D) Jim wants to develop a partnership with his team illustrated by reciprocal influence, mutual trust, respect and liking, and a sense of common fates. 
E) Only when Jim's team feels satisfied with this leadership behavior does Jim feel comfortable about his leadership style. 
A) Jim has a certain idea about how he should behave as a leader and what he should do for his team of workers. 
B) Jim does not feel like taking responsibility for leading his team since their jobs require minimal training. 
C) Jim's leadership skills are most effective when applied to match the characteristics of the situation at hand. 
D) Jim wants to develop a partnership with his team illustrated by reciprocal influence, mutual trust, respect and liking, and a sense of common fates. 
E) Only when Jim's team feels satisfied with this leadership behavior does Jim feel comfortable about his leadership style.

Question 11

To improve the quality of leader-member exchanges, managers must not fall prey to feeling powerless and should empower themselves to get things done.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to the path-goal theory, when a manager shows concern for the well-being and needs of employees, he or she exemplifies _____ behaviors.

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

Question 13

Situational theories propose that leader styles should match the situation at hand.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Transformational leaders engender trust, seek to develop leadership in others, exhibit self-sacrifice and serve as moral agents, focusing themselves and followers on objectives that transcend the more immediate needs of the work group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

According to the _____ theory of leadership, leadership is something that is learned. In other words, leaders are made, not born.

Accepted Answer

A) behavioral style 
B) path-goal 
C) trait 
D) situational 
E) attribute 
A) behavioral style 
B) path-goal 
C) trait 
D) situational 
E) attribute

Question 16

According to the path-goal theory, leaders should exhibit more than one leadership style.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Leader-Member Exchange model of leadership entails simultaneous, ongoing, mutual influence process in which individuals share responsibility for leading regardless of formal roles and titles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Avoiding conflict, failing to assist employees, failing to give performance feedback, or being a hands-off leader are examples of the _____ model of leadership

Accepted Answer

A) transactional 
B) laissez-faire 
C) transformational 
D) trait 
E) contingency 
A) transactional 
B) laissez-faire 
C) transformational 
D) trait 
E) contingency

Question 19

At the University of Michigan, researchers identified two different styles of leadership, behaviorally centered and consideration centered.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to Fiedler's contingency model, position power refers to the degree to which the leader has formal power to reward or punish employees.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Briefly discuss the traits associated with "bad leadership."

Top managers can create and maintain ethical transformational leadership by training employees to value diversity.

Describe the similarities and differences between leading and managing.

Shared leadership 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.

Which of the following is true about the transformational model of leadership?

Jim is the daytime supervisor for an automobile assembly line. He supervises forty-five workers who perform routine jobs that require minimal training. Which of the following suggests that Jim follows the path-goal model of leadership?

Which of the following is true regarding gender and leadership?

Which of the following is true about employees with an internal locus of control?

The trait theory is based on the assumption that leaders such as Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr, or Mark Zuckerberg were born with some inborn ability to lead.

Jim is the daytime supervisor for an automobile assembly line. He supervises forty-five workers who perform routine jobs that require minimal training. Which of the following suggests that Jim follows the contingency model of leadership?

To improve the quality of leader-member exchanges, managers must not fall prey to feeling powerless and should empower themselves to get things done.

According to the path-goal theory, when a manager shows concern for the well-being and needs of employees, he or she exemplifies _____ behaviors.

Situational theories propose that leader styles should match the situation at hand.

Transformational leaders engender trust, seek to develop leadership in others, exhibit self-sacrifice and serve as moral agents, focusing themselves and followers on objectives that transcend the more immediate needs of the work group.

According to the _____ theory of leadership, leadership is something that is learned. In other words, leaders are made, not born.

According to the path-goal theory, leaders should exhibit more than one leadership style.

The Leader-Member Exchange model of leadership entails simultaneous, ongoing, mutual influence process in which individuals share responsibility for leading regardless of formal roles and titles.

Avoiding conflict, failing to assist employees, failing to give performance feedback, or being a hands-off leader are examples of the _____ model of leadership

At the University of Michigan, researchers identified two different styles of leadership, behaviorally centered and consideration centered.

According to Fiedler's contingency model, position power refers to the degree to which the leader has formal power to reward or punish employees.

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

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Managing Change and Stress

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Exam 16: Leadership

Briefly discuss the traits associated with "bad leadership."

Top managers can create and maintain ethical transformational leadership by training employees to value diversity.

Describe the similarities and differences between leading and managing.

Shared leadership 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.

Which of the following is true about the transformational model of leadership?

Jim is the daytime supervisor for an automobile assembly line. He supervises forty-five workers who perform routine jobs that require minimal training. Which of the following suggests that Jim follows the path-goal model of leadership?

Which of the following is true regarding gender and leadership?

Which of the following is true about employees with an internal locus of control?

The trait theory is based on the assumption that leaders such as Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr, or Mark Zuckerberg were born with some inborn ability to lead.

Jim is the daytime supervisor for an automobile assembly line. He supervises forty-five workers who perform routine jobs that require minimal training. Which of the following suggests that Jim follows the contingency model of leadership?

To improve the quality of leader-member exchanges, managers must not fall prey to feeling powerless and should empower themselves to get things done.

According to the path-goal theory, when a manager shows concern for the well-being and needs of employees, he or she exemplifies _____ behaviors.

Situational theories propose that leader styles should match the situation at hand.

Transformational leaders engender trust, seek to develop leadership in others, exhibit self-sacrifice and serve as moral agents, focusing themselves and followers on objectives that transcend the more immediate needs of the work group.

According to the _____ theory of leadership, leadership is something that is learned. In other words, leaders are made, not born.

According to the path-goal theory, leaders should exhibit more than one leadership style.

The Leader-Member Exchange model of leadership entails simultaneous, ongoing, mutual influence process in which individuals share responsibility for leading regardless of formal roles and titles.

Avoiding conflict, failing to assist employees, failing to give performance feedback, or being a hands-off leader are examples of the _____ model of leadership

At the University of Michigan, researchers identified two different styles of leadership, behaviorally centered and consideration centered.

According to Fiedler's contingency model, position power refers to the degree to which the leader has formal power to reward or punish employees.

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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