Exam 7: Followership and Leader-Member Exchange

Define the two kinds of relationships that can occur among leaders and followers under the vertical dyadic linkage model.

Discuss the focus of the systems and networks approach from a Leader-Follower perspective.

All of the following are factors that determine LMX quality EXCEPT:

In your opinion, can a leader maintain a personal friendship with some members of his or her work group or team without creating the perception of in-groups (those in his or her social circle) and out-groups (those outside his or her social circle)?

Identify a particular leader-follower working relationship that you have had with a manager. To what extent did the Pygmalion effect play a role in the quality of this relationship? How did it affect your career development within the organization?

As workers' education and experience increases, leaders have to shift to a more top-down directive style of leading.

Before setting objectives that define responsibility, level of authority, and deadline, you should explain the need for delegating and the reasons for selecting the employee.

Pragmatic followers are often known to "play political games."

The ____ follower is someone who is high on critical thinking and involvement.

List the four stages of development of the dyadic approach.

What are the three stages of the life-cycle model of LMX theory?

Recall a work-related incident when you felt more qualified to do the job than your boss because of your education and experience. Describe how this characteristic enabled you to influence your boss.

Effective followers have the courage to initiate change and put themselves at risk or in conflict with others, even their leaders.

Instructions for the following question(s) List the first step in the delegation model, then write what you would say to your grad assistant. Write the second through fourth steps, followed by what you would say to the grad assistant for each step. -The Delegation Model. You are a college professor and advisor of students. You have received the grade reports for your advisees. You have a file folder for each advisee, which contains a form to record grades on. You are going to delegate the task of recording grades to your graduate assistant. It should not take more than a couple of hours to do the task. You will teach your grad assistant how to record and file the grades during your delegation of the task. For this step of the delegation process, just state that you will teach the grad assistant how to do the task.

Follower influencing characteristics include all of the following EXCEPT:

To build a real team, the leader should:

Ingratiation refers to the behavior of followers that results from the leader-follower influence relationship.

How does education and experience, described as follower influencing characteristics, affect effective followership?

____ is the process of assigning responsibility and authority for accomplishing objectives.

List the four stages of development of the dyadic approach.