Question 1

As a transactional leader, a CEO is more likely to be most effective if he lets employees make decisions and avoids intervening when business problems arise.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Why are management by exception leaders considered ineffective?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are not team oriented, participative, or humane. 
B)  They tend to be available only when there is a problem. 
C)  They describe their least preferred co-worker in favorable terms. 
D)  They provide considerable freedom to their employees. 
E)  They fail to build followers' self-esteem and confidence. 
A)  They are not team oriented, participative, or humane. 
B)  They tend to be available only when there is a problem. 
C)  They describe their least preferred co-worker in favorable terms. 
D)  They provide considerable freedom to their employees. 
E)  They fail to build followers' self-esteem and confidence.

Question 3

________ is a psychological state that exists when you agree to make yourself vulnerable to another because you have positive expectations about how things are going to turn out.

Accepted Answer

A)  Consideration 
B)  Trust 
C)  Empowerment 
D)  Empathy 
E)  Respect 
A)  Consideration 
B)  Trust 
C)  Empowerment 
D)  Empathy 
E)  Respect

Question 4

Nonsanctioned leadership is usually less important than formal influence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The behavioral dimensions identified by the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center are closely related to those identified in the Ohio State Study. Employee-oriented leadership is similar to ________, and production-oriented leadership is similar to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  initiating structure; consideration 
B)  task-orientation; relationship-orientation 
C)  transformational leadership; authentic leadership 
D)  authentic leadership; transformational leadership 
E)  consideration; initiating structure 
A)  initiating structure; consideration 
B)  task-orientation; relationship-orientation 
C)  transformational leadership; authentic leadership 
D)  authentic leadership; transformational leadership 
E)  consideration; initiating structure

Question 6

Behavioral studies imply that people can be trained to be leaders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

If you were using the Fielder contingency model of leadership to establish a scenario in your company which gives managers maximum control, which of the following combinations of situational dimensions would you seek to achieve?

Accepted Answer

A)  high task structure, good leader-member relations, and strong position power 
B)  limited position power, good leader-member relations, and low task structure 
C)  less structured jobs, strong position power, and moderate leader-member relations 
D)  broad employee responsibilities, low position power, and moderate leader-member relations 
E)  good leader-member relations, low position power, and unstructured jobs 
A)  high task structure, good leader-member relations, and strong position power 
B)  limited position power, good leader-member relations, and low task structure 
C)  less structured jobs, strong position power, and moderate leader-member relations 
D)  broad employee responsibilities, low position power, and moderate leader-member relations 
E)  good leader-member relations, low position power, and unstructured jobs

Question 8

Traits are most useful for distinguishing between effective and ineffective leaders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

According to research, which of the following is true about demographic assumptions that are made about leaders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leaders are likely to be assumed to be white. 
B)  White leaders are no more likely to be rated effective than leaders from other racial groups. 
C)  Teams invariably prefer male leaders. 
D)  Teams prefer female leaders when aggressively competing against other teams. 
E)  Teams prefer male leaders when the competition is within teams and calls for improving positive relationships within the group. 
A)  Leaders are likely to be assumed to be white. 
B)  White leaders are no more likely to be rated effective than leaders from other racial groups. 
C)  Teams invariably prefer male leaders. 
D)  Teams prefer female leaders when aggressively competing against other teams. 
E)  Teams prefer male leaders when the competition is within teams and calls for improving positive relationships within the group.

Question 10

As you have observed your department manager and her interactions with the department's employees, you have come to believe in LMX theory. Sarah and Joe get less of the manager's time. Sally gets fewer of the preferred rewards that the manager controls and John has a relationship with the manager based on formal authority interactions. Rebecca is trusted. Jennifer gets a disproportionate amount of the manager's attention and is more likely to receive special privileges.
-According to the LMX theory, a leader implicitly categorizes followers as "in" or "out" ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  after careful performance analysis 
B)  on a temporary basis 
C)  early in the interaction 
D)  because of political pressure 
E)  only after several months of working together 
A)  after careful performance analysis 
B)  on a temporary basis 
C)  early in the interaction 
D)  because of political pressure 
E)  only after several months of working together

Question 11

Which of the following theories of leadership implies that individuals can be trained to become leaders?

Accepted Answer

A)  trait theories 
B)  LMX theory 
C)  contingency theories 
D)  behavioral theories 
E)  Fiedler model 
A)  trait theories 
B)  LMX theory 
C)  contingency theories 
D)  behavioral theories 
E)  Fiedler model

Question 12

According to the GLOBE study, which of the following elements is not universal in transformational leadership?

Accepted Answer

A)  encouragement 
B)  trustworthiness 
C)  vision 
D)  hindsight 
E)  dynamism 
A)  encouragement 
B)  trustworthiness 
C)  vision 
D)  hindsight 
E)  dynamism

Question 13

Your company's HR director is a believer in trait theories of leadership. He believes that he can differentiate leaders from nonleaders by focusing on personal qualities and characteristics. The HR director plans to promote Lawrence, a highly extraverted manager with a great deal of ambition and energy to the position of VP, Manufacturing. He asks for your expertise in helping him to apply trait theory to leadership selection within your company. The director believes that because of his innate characteristics, Lawrence will be highly effective at helping the company achieve its production goals. You advise the director against basing his decision purely on traits because ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  research has identified emotional stability as the strongest predictor of leadership effectiveness 
B)  studies have found that the Big Five traits are difficult to identify in leaders 
C)  studies have shown that traits are poor predictors of leadership effectiveness 
D)  research has found that conscientiousness is a better predictor of effectiveness than extraversion 
E)  research has shown that effective managers are often unlikely to become effective leaders 
A)  research has identified emotional stability as the strongest predictor of leadership effectiveness 
B)  studies have found that the Big Five traits are difficult to identify in leaders 
C)  studies have shown that traits are poor predictors of leadership effectiveness 
D)  research has found that conscientiousness is a better predictor of effectiveness than extraversion 
E)  research has shown that effective managers are often unlikely to become effective leaders

Question 14

According to the Fiedler contingency model of leadership, task-oriented leaders perform best in situations of ________, while relationship-oriented leaders perform best in ________ situations.

Accepted Answer

A)  moderate control; high and low control 
B)  high control; low and moderate control 
C)  high and moderate control; low control 
D)  high and low control; moderate control 
E)  moderate and low control; high control 
A)  moderate control; high and low control 
B)  high control; low and moderate control 
C)  high and moderate control; low control 
D)  high and low control; moderate control 
E)  moderate and low control; high control

Question 15

In carrying out a transformational approach to overseeing the project, Leo strives to implement the universal elements of transformational leadership. He most likely implements all of the following except ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  vision 
B)  providing encouragement 
C)  positiveness 
D)  proactiveness 
E)  silent leadership 
A)  vision 
B)  providing encouragement 
C)  positiveness 
D)  proactiveness 
E)  silent leadership

Question 16

The team agrees that a large component of the project will be carried out at the Chinese headquarters, with Xiang responsible for leading that support team. Based on what the GLOBE project concludes about Chinese culture, which of the following leader behaviors would be most effective?

Accepted Answer

A)  infrequent decision-making 
B)  highly participatory decision-making 
C)  autocratic decision-making 
D)  decision-making without initiating structure 
E)  moderately participatory decision-making 
A)  infrequent decision-making 
B)  highly participatory decision-making 
C)  autocratic decision-making 
D)  decision-making without initiating structure 
E)  moderately participatory decision-making

Question 17

A comprehensive review of the leadership literature, when organized around the Big Five, has found conscientiousness to be the most important trait of effective leaders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is a characteristic of a servant leader?

Accepted Answer

A)  one who uses power to achieve ends 
B)  one who focuses on self-interest 
C)  one who reduces team potency 
D)  one who gives orders to followers 
E)  one who serves the needs of others 
A)  one who uses power to achieve ends 
B)  one who focuses on self-interest 
C)  one who reduces team potency 
D)  one who gives orders to followers 
E)  one who serves the needs of others

Question 19

Believing that in-group members are the most competent, leaders invest their resources in them. This, in turn, leads the in-group members to show higher levels of performance at their jobs. This chain of events reflects the concept of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  assumption fallacy 
B)  reverse engineering 
C)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
D)  Newcomb's paradox 
E)  predestination paradox 
A)  assumption fallacy 
B)  reverse engineering 
C)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
D)  Newcomb's paradox 
E)  predestination paradox

Question 20

Fiedler's contingency leadership model assumes that ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  an individual's leadership style is essentially fixed 
B)  an individual can use the LPC to change his/her style to a more productive style 
C)  there is no ideal way to match leadership styles with situations 
D)  all leaders can learn to adapt to different contingencies 
E)  each person's style will change in accordance with the situation at hand 
A)  an individual's leadership style is essentially fixed 
B)  an individual can use the LPC to change his/her style to a more productive style 
C)  there is no ideal way to match leadership styles with situations 
D)  all leaders can learn to adapt to different contingencies 
E)  each person's style will change in accordance with the situation at hand

As a transactional leader, a CEO is more likely to be most effective if he lets employees make decisions and avoids intervening when business problems arise.

Why are management by exception leaders considered ineffective?

________ is a psychological state that exists when you agree to make yourself vulnerable to another because you have positive expectations about how things are going to turn out.

Nonsanctioned leadership is usually less important than formal influence.

The behavioral dimensions identified by the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center are closely related to those identified in the Ohio State Study. Employee-oriented leadership is similar to , and production-oriented leadership is similar to .

Behavioral studies imply that people can be trained to be leaders.

If you were using the Fielder contingency model of leadership to establish a scenario in your company which gives managers maximum control, which of the following combinations of situational dimensions would you seek to achieve?

Traits are most useful for distinguishing between effective and ineffective leaders.

According to research, which of the following is true about demographic assumptions that are made about leaders?

Which of the following theories of leadership implies that individuals can be trained to become leaders?

According to the GLOBE study, which of the following elements is not universal in transformational leadership?

According to the Fiedler contingency model of leadership, task-oriented leaders perform best in situations of , while relationship-oriented leaders perform best in situations.

In carrying out a transformational approach to overseeing the project, Leo strives to implement the universal elements of transformational leadership. He most likely implements all of the following except ________.

The team agrees that a large component of the project will be carried out at the Chinese headquarters, with Xiang responsible for leading that support team. Based on what the GLOBE project concludes about Chinese culture, which of the following leader behaviors would be most effective?

A comprehensive review of the leadership literature, when organized around the Big Five, has found conscientiousness to be the most important trait of effective leaders.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a servant leader?

Believing that in-group members are the most competent, leaders invest their resources in them. This, in turn, leads the in-group members to show higher levels of performance at their jobs. This chain of events reflects the concept of ________.

Fiedler's contingency leadership model assumes that ________.

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As a transactional leader, a CEO is more likely to be most effective if he lets employees make decisions and avoids intervening when business problems arise.

Why are management by exception leaders considered ineffective?

________ is a psychological state that exists when you agree to make yourself vulnerable to another because you have positive expectations about how things are going to turn out.

Nonsanctioned leadership is usually less important than formal influence.

The behavioral dimensions identified by the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center are closely related to those identified in the Ohio State Study. Employee-oriented leadership is similar to ________, and production-oriented leadership is similar to ________.

Behavioral studies imply that people can be trained to be leaders.

If you were using the Fielder contingency model of leadership to establish a scenario in your company which gives managers maximum control, which of the following combinations of situational dimensions would you seek to achieve?

Traits are most useful for distinguishing between effective and ineffective leaders.

According to research, which of the following is true about demographic assumptions that are made about leaders?

Which of the following theories of leadership implies that individuals can be trained to become leaders?

According to the GLOBE study, which of the following elements is not universal in transformational leadership?

According to the Fiedler contingency model of leadership, task-oriented leaders perform best in situations of ________, while relationship-oriented leaders perform best in ________ situations.

In carrying out a transformational approach to overseeing the project, Leo strives to implement the universal elements of transformational leadership. He most likely implements all of the following except ________.

The team agrees that a large component of the project will be carried out at the Chinese headquarters, with Xiang responsible for leading that support team. Based on what the GLOBE project concludes about Chinese culture, which of the following leader behaviors would be most effective?

A comprehensive review of the leadership literature, when organized around the Big Five, has found conscientiousness to be the most important trait of effective leaders.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a servant leader?

Believing that in-group members are the most competent, leaders invest their resources in them. This, in turn, leads the in-group members to show higher levels of performance at their jobs. This chain of events reflects the concept of ________.

Fiedler's contingency leadership model assumes that ________.

What Is Organizational Behavior

Diversity in Organizations

Attitudes and Job Satisfaction

Emotions and Moods

Personality and Values

Perception and Individual Decision Making

Motivation Concepts

Motivation: From Concepts to Applications

Foundations of Group Behavior

Understanding Work Teams

Communication

Power and Politics

Conflict and Negotiation

Foundations of Organizational Structure

Organizational Culture

Organizational Change and Stress Management

Filters

The behavioral dimensions identified by the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center are closely related to those identified in the Ohio State Study. Employee-oriented leadership is similar to , and production-oriented leadership is similar to .

According to the Fiedler contingency model of leadership, task-oriented leaders perform best in situations of , while relationship-oriented leaders perform best in situations.