Exam 12: Traditional Models for Understanding Leadership

The degree of task or relationship motivation is measured by the Least Preferred Contingency (LPC) scale.

According to path-goal theory, a leader consults with subordinates about issues and takes their suggestions into account before making a decision.

Fred Fiedler contends that leadership effectiveness depends on the match between the leader's personality and the employee's ability to complete the task.

The goal of the Michigan leadership studies was to determine the pattern of leadership behaviors that results in effective .

A manager exhibits job-centered leader behaviors, avoids conflict, and strives for friendly relations with subordinates.

Vroom's decision-tree model has been fully scientifically tested.

Problems with the approach prompted researchers to examine leader behaviors.

The LPC theory uses a decision tree to guide the managerial decision-making process.

Subordinates' locus of control and perceived ability are part of LPC theory.

Current study of leadership focuses almost exclusively on the traits, or personal characteristics, of leaders.

Although leaders and leadership have profoundly influenced the course of human events, careful scientific research of leadership began only about a century ago.

According to the Leadership Grid, a manager who is highly concerned about production but exhibits little concern for people would be a manager on the grid.

Recent renewed interest in the trait approach to leadership has suggested all of the following are characteristics of leaders except

The _-_ theory states that subordinates are motivated by the leader to the extent that leader behavior influences their expectancies.

A person can be a manager, a leader, both, or neither.

Leadership is both a and a .

Leadership involves neither force nor coercion.

A -_ leader is appropriate for very favorable as well as very unfavorable situations.

The horizontal axis of the Leadership Grid represents concern for .

A basic premise of the LPC theory is that, for any given leader, the leader's personality is basically constant.