Exam 11: Leadership

Which attribute of a candidate is useful to look for if you are going to hire a person for a transformational leadership role?

Which of the following is NOT true of charismatic leaders according to the charismatic leadership theory?

Fiedler's theory predicts that an individual who is considered task oriented will be most effective when the situation is:

The two leaders in your department are very different.John believes that he should guide and motivate by clarification of the roles and tasks of his subordinates.Alan feels that his role should be to provide individualised consideration and intellectual stimulation.Most of the workers believe that both leaders are well trained,but Alan has a special 'spark' that employees feel when they work with him. Alan is a ________ leader.

In the leader-member exchange theory,leaders don't treat all their subordinates alike.

If behavioural theories of leadership are valid,individuals can be trained to be leaders.

Discuss the two dimensions of leadership described in the Ohio State studies.

______________ consider(s)personal qualities and characteristics that differentiate leaders from non-leaders.

Which of the following statements is NOT true about contemporary leadership needs?

Socialised charismatic leadership is when a leader role models:

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 LMX theory,the in-group is likely to be comprised of:

What is trust?

Traits have been shown to be quite helpful in distinguishing effective from ineffective leaders.

What are the predictions of the path-goal theory?

Trust is a psychological outcome that exists through a state of vulnerability due to expectations of positive outcomes when events are uncertain.

What is a mentor?

Why would a leader want to be a mentor?

In Fiedler's model,if the LPC is seen in relatively unfavourable terms,the respondent can be said to be primarily task-oriented.

VARIANT As an extraverted leader,you are considering behavioural leadership theories.In which behavioural dimension are you most likely to succeed?

Fiedler's contingency models of leadership revealed variables that are complex and difficult to categorise.