Exam 7: Follower-ship and Leader Member Exchange

Your organization is dominated by hierarchical relationships in which leader-follower dyads are developed and carefully nurtured. Your organization is at the __________ stage of development of the dyadic approach.

According to LMX Theory, a leader varies his or her behavior as a result of the quality of interpersonal relationships with each individual follower.

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.

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

Today's workers are far more educated, mobile, diverse, and younger than the workforce of 20 years ago.

The out-group includes followers with strong social ties to their leader in a supportive relationship characterized by high mutual trust, respect, loyalty, and influence.

Possibilities of what not to delegate include all of the following EXCEPT:

The three determining factors of high-quality LMX relationships include follower attributes, leader and follower perceptions of each other, and situational factors.

The concept of ____ is used to describe group members' social relationships within and outside their groups and how these relationships affect group effectiveness.

Which of the following is NOT one of the guidelines to becoming an effective follower?

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?

In times of crisis (personal or work-related), your manager in dealing with you has kept his actions to only what is required of him without going out of his way to be friendly or supportive. In terms of the kind of relationship you have with your manager, you are in which of the following?

The emphasis of team building is on how a leader might forge a partnership with each follower without alienating anyone.

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

An organization that is intent on creating positive dyadic relationships across traditional boundaries to include more participants is at the __________ stage of development of the dyadic approach.

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

A Leader offers support, feedback, and consideration to an in-group member, and, in turn, the follower is often willing to go the extra mile for the leader.

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

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

Your manager hinted about having a sexual relationship with you; however, you reminded her that you were happily married. Clearly and calmly, you inform her that you were not interested and asked her not to bring up the topic again. You employed which of the following guidelines for effective followership in this situation?