Exam 7: Followership and Leader-Member Exchange

One possible approach to minimizing the bias in LMX relationship is to:

As Jim's leader, you have noticed that he is low on involvement and high on critical thinking, and you have concluded that Jim is a(n) ____ follower.

Leaders should aspire to build relationships with all group members, not just a few special individuals.

Leaders mostly use reward, legitimate, and coercive power to influence out-group members.

Leaders who have difficulty meeting deadlines and who take work home from the job are showing signs of:

Effective followers:

The basis for establishing a deeper exchange relationship with in-group members is the leader's control over outcomes that are desirable to the followers.

A benefit(s) of a high quality LMX relationship is that

Describe the main focus of team building from a Leader-Follower perspective.

Low-quality LMX relationships are characterized by:

The narrower the leader's span of control and the fewer resources the leader has, the greater is the disparity in the quality of LMX.

A strength of LMX Theory is the inherent bias in favor of in-group members.

Which of the following may be delegated?

Dyadic refers to the individualized relationship between a leader and each follower in a work unit.

Recall two leaders you have worked with over a period of time. Identify specific attributes that would describe the true nature of your relationship with these leaders. Identify one leader with whom you feel you had a high-quality relationship, and one with whom you had a low-quality relationship. What attributes describe the high-quality and the low-quality relationships with these leaders?

Explain the cycle that leads to the Pygmalion effect.

____ is a follower's effort to project a favorable image to gain an immediate benefit or improve a long-term relationship with the leader.

One of the benefits of delegating responsibilities is that leaders can focus on doing many tasks well, instead of a few tasks less effectively.

Discuss the key limitation or drawback with LMX application.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three stages of evolution in the dyadic approach?