Exam 3: Leadership Motivation and Behavior

Like traits, a person's motives can be observed.

The Leadership Grid identifies all of the following leadership styles EXCEPT:

The manager is talking to an employee about last night's TV show. The manager is using which leadership style?

To motivate employees with a high n Aff, you should do all of the following EXCEPT:

Through the motivation process, employees go from motive to need to behavior to consequence to satisfaction or dissatisfaction.

Which type and schedule of reinforcement do you plan to use most often as a leader?

John really wants a promotion and believes that he has a high probability of earning the promotion if he works hard. Because a promotion is important to him, that performing well will result in a promotion, and because he believes he a good chance of earning the promotion, this is an example of

As a manager wanting to motivate your employees, you know that some need or want motivates all behavior.

Goal setting might be the most effective management tool available.

A manager that assigns challenging tasks that can be completed with hard work is best described as using which motivation theory?

For the most part, we are motivated by self-interest.

Giving employees a paycheck every week is an example of a fixed-ratio schedule.

Explain how your need for achievement, power, and/or affiliation has affected your behavior, or that of someone you work with or have worked with. What were the consequences of the behavior, and was the need satisfied?

Expectancy theory proposes that people are motivated when they believe they can accomplish the task, they will get the reward, and the rewards for doing the task are worth the effort.

Thirst (need) leading to the drive (motive) to get something to drink (behavior), and the drink quenching (consequence and satisfaction) your thirst is a valid example of the motivation process.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory proposes that people will not be motivated to satisfy a higher level of need unless the lower-level needs are satisfied to some degree.

The expectancy theory is based on which of the following assumptions?

According to the Ohio State University studies on leadership styles, the leadership style that emphasizes task completion is ____.

Instructions for the following question(s) Write the first step in the giving praise model, followed by what you would say to Chris. Follow the same format of listing the step followed by what you would say for steps 2 to 4. However, do not write what you would say for step 3. -Giving Praise. You word processed a short memo to John Richards, the accounting manager, whom you don't know. You gave it to your secretary, Chris, to send. Chris realized that you used the wrong last name, re-typed the memo, and sent it to John Richardson. Chris told you about your error after sending the memo for you. You have decided to give praise to your secretary for a job well done.

The high-high leader has concern for both production and people, which is also called the team leadership style.