Exam 9: Leading Followers

An employee who is able but unwilling to do a job would be classified at what readiness level in the situational leadership model?

One component of the situational model focuses on leader behavior.Describe the four leadership styles Hersey and Blanchard identified that a supervisor would use based on the maturity of employees.

________ leaders guide or motivate employees in the direction of established goals by clarifying role and task requirements.

By having ________ skills,the tools,procedures and techniques that are unique to the work situation,a supervisor is able to assist employees.

Legitimate power does not allow supervisors to reward and punish their employee.

Blanket acceptance of ________ or any universal approach to leadership is inconsistent with the best and most current evidence we have on leadership.

Leadership skills that refer to your ability to socialize and interact with outsiders - those not associated with your unit are ________ skills.

Emphasizing the technical aspect of the employees' jobs,ensuring that employees know what is expected of them,and providing guidance necessary for accomplishment of goals is ________ behavior.

Which leadership style is more compatible with cultures where power is unequal?

Data from numerous studies demonstrate that,in many situations,any ________ are irrelevant.

A supervisor should guard against the tendency to ________ employees.

In the situational leadership model when an employee has become the expert on her job and no longer needs to be told what to do,a supervisor would use a ________ style of leadership.

Effective e-leadership requires supervisors to be judicious in their choice of words while monitoring their messages for anything that may appear to have subliminal meaning to the reader.

Leaders who exhibit ________ behavior view employees as a means to an end.

The ability one demonstrates in influencing others to act in a particular way through direction,encouragement,sensitivity,consideration and support is ________.

Identify and explain the traits necessary to become an effective leader.

If you fail as a leader,it is likely that your followers - as well as others - have lost respect for you because of your lack of technical skills.

The inability to explain leadership solely from traits and skills has led researchers to look at the behaviors and ________ that specific leaders exhibit.

One leadership characteristic where people are free of self-doubt and have a strong belief in order to convince others of the correctness of goals and decisions is the trait of ________.

A supervisor who exhibits behavior that favors decisions made by the group demonstrates ________ style of leadership.