Exam 8: Leadership

Describe the results of the studies that focus on gender and leadership style.

Visionary leaders appear to have three qualities related to effectiveness in their leadership roles; these are the abilities to ________ the vision.

A lawyer employs ________ power when giving legal advice.

According to your textbook,women tend to use which of the following leadership styles?

Charismatic and visionary leadership are the same thing.

Visionary leaders are leaders who guide by ________.

One of the keys to being a good team leader is to know when to leave a team alone.

At home,Carrie was fixing dinner and thinking about the new CEO her firm had hired.In her speech the previous day,the new CEO had discussed her experience in the industry and her education.Carrie thought that the new CEO would do a great job given these characteristics,coupled with how well-spoken she was and the fact that she just looked like a CEO.Laughing,Carrie realized that she had been judging the new CEO in a manner consistent with the ________ theories of leadership that were popular in the 1920s and 1930s.

Early leadership trait research looked to find characteristics that might ________.

Refer to the Scenario below to answer the question that follows. Jack and Jill (Scenario) Jack Jones and Jill Smith are both managers at a large medical supply firm.Jack emphasizes to his subordinates that the work must be done,regardless of circumstances,and encourages them to meet their sales quotas.He is generally liked,but some employees complain that he is too focused on sales quotas and resent his rather heavy-handed approach.Jill has tried hard to build a good rapport with her employees and knows each of their families.She encourages her employees to work hard,but to be certain to take time for themselves and their families. -Which of the following would be assumed by Fiedler's contingency model about the leadership styles of Jack and Jill?

Refer to the Scenario below to answer the questions that follow. Path-Goal Leadership (Scenario) Harry knows that there are many different models of leadership.He wants to become more effective at his job and also to assist his first-line managers in becoming more effective leaders.As he thinks about his first-line managers,he realizes that they each demonstrate a different leadership style.Jenna lets her employees know exactly what is expected of them and gives specific guidelines on how tasks are to be accomplished.Jack,on the other hand,always solicits information and suggestions from his employees before making a decision.Then there is Kate,who demands a lot from her employees.She sets challenging goals and expects all of her workers to try their best to achieve them.Finally,there is Frank,who is very friendly and shows constant concern for his employees and their welfare.Harry decides to use House's path-goal theory to further analyze his situation. -Kate is a(n)________ leader.

Refer to the Scenario below to answer the questions that follow. Sources of Leader Power (Scenario) Rachel is confused.As the new department manager,she had hoped that everyone would acknowledge her authority and respect her decisions.However,she has noticed that some of her employees seem to have nearly as much power as she does.For example,everyone seems to go to Helen whenever they have a question about the computer system.Helen helped with the design and implementation of the system,and employees find that she can usually correct problems faster than the system support staff.Then there is a sales representative named Joe who has a remarkable amount of charm and charisma.He is liked and admired by everyone,and seems to have a power based simply upon "being himself." Then there is Jill,her secretary,who also seems to have a lot of power.All employees have to record timecards,and it is Jill's responsibility to turn in the timecards every week.Occasionally,Rachel has seen Jill override the time clock to record an employee in earlier than they actually arrived or out later than they actually left.When Rachel questioned her about it,Jill just laughed and said it had been a common practice for years.Since the company did not pay overtime,she was merely adjusting the time cards to informally compensate those who put in extra time.Although Rachel was skeptical about this practice,Jill insisted that it was all right because the timecards always averaged out.As Rachel considered these and other events in her department,she began to wonder if she had any power at all! -Jill possesses ________ power.

Which source of power is used when a professional athlete acts as a role model to inspire children?

Refer to the Scenario below to answer the questions that follow. A Leadership Junkie (Scenario) Carrie is an avid student of leadership.She has read all of the latest popular books on leadership and strongly feels that it has improved her ability to manage and perform her job.She is always eager to share her knowledge with her peers and enjoys discussing cutting-edge approaches to leadership and emerging issues such as gender differences and leadership style. -Carrie met Sondra in the lunchroom and just had to tell her about ________ leadership,where the leaders have a profound effect on followers and inspire them to transcend their own self-interest for the good of the organization.

According to Hersey and Blanchard,which leader style should be used at the lowest level of follower readiness?

When a team is considering joining forces with another team in the organization,the team leader takes on this role.

Evidence indicates that ________ leadership is strongly correlated with lower turnover rates,higher productivity,and higher employee satisfaction.

A difficult skill for a team leader to learn is knowing when to ________ the team.

Autocratic leaders tend to delegate authority and involve employees in decision making.

Effective leaders,as defined in your text,share eight key traits.Which of the following traits is commonly found in effective leaders?