Exam 14: Contingency Theories of Leadership

Situational Leadership is a useful way of getting leaders to think about how leadership effectiveness may depend on being flexible with different subordinates.

The contingency model of leadership maintains that leaders are extremely flexible in their behavior.

Which of the following instruments does Fiedler's contingency theory use to determine the relevant characteristics of a leader?

According to the path-goal theory,a leader should assess a situation and select a leadership behavior appropriate to situational demands.

In the context of the Situational Leadership model,which of the following best defines follower readiness?

According to the path-goal theory,follower satisfaction is directly related to the degree of participative behaviors manifested by a leader.

The path-goal theory assumes that leaders use the same styles with different subordinates.

Which of the following statements about the path-goal theory is most likely false?

In the context of the Situational Leadership model,which of the following depicts selling as a leadership behavior?

According to the normative decision model,acceptance of a decision is not always critical for implementation.

Vroom and Yetton's normative decision model is directed solely at determining how much input subordinates should have in the decision-making process.

In the context of the four types of leader behavior in the path-goal theory,which of the following is most likely a characteristic of achievement-oriented leadership?

Which two broad categories of leader behaviors did the Situational Leadership model originally identify?

In the context of contingency theory,the least preferred co-worker (LPC)score is intended to represent follower behaviors and situational factors.

In terms of the path-goal theory,which of the following is considered a situational factor?

What should leaders first assess in order to apply the Situational Leadership model?

If a decision has a rational or objectively determinable "better or worse" alternative,a leader should select the better alternative.This most likely refers to

In the routinization stage of development of the leader-member exchange theory,similarities (for the in-group)and differences (often accentuated for the out-group)become cemented.

According to the path-goal theory,followers will actively support a leader as long as they view the leader's actions as a means for increasing their own levels of satisfaction.

The normative decision model is limited only to