Exam 4: Behavioral Approach

Which study analyzed questionnaires taken by followers as they described their leader behaviors?

I am the lead barista at a local coffee shop managing four staff.I assign tasks each work shift and check back regularly to see that work has been done.I do not spend much time talking with my staff about things other than getting the job done.My behavior would plot on the Blake and Mouton Leadership Grid at what point?

The behavioral approach works by ______.

A leader who has intermediate concern for both tasks and relationships is displaying ______.

According to the Leadership Grid,opportunistic leaders rely primarily on the 5,5 style of leadership.

I am doing a training program for staff to help them understand how to integrate both task and relationship behaviors in the workplace.I am applying the main components of which approach in this training session?

A leader who makes priorities clear,stimulates participation,is open minded and enjoys working is displaying ______.

A leader who makes sure the personal and social needs of followers are met is displaying ______.

Which scholar(s)created the Leadership Grid?

The behavioral approach works by telling leaders how to behave.

A criticism of the behavioral approach is that the research on behavioral approaches has not adequately shown how leaders' behaviors are associated with performance outcomes.

Which of the components on Blake & Mouton's Leadership Grid has medium concern for interpersonal relationships and task accomplishment?

I am the lead barista at a local coffee shop managing four staff.I chat often with the staff and enjoy joking with them but only after I have assigned the tasks and they have accomplished them.My behavior would plot on the Blake and Mouton Leadership Grid at what point?

The University of Michigan studies explored how leadership functioned in ______.

The director of your department attends one weekly meeting.Other than that,the director is seldom at the office and rarely responds to e-mails when you send questions pertaining to the organization.This is an example of ______.

In the Leadership Grid,a person who uses but does not integrate the 1,9 and 9,1 behavioral styles of leadership could be called a "benevolent dictator."

Daily meetings,open communication,face-to-face interaction,and accessibility are all behaviors of which type of leader?

Which research group labeled task behaviors "initiating structure"?

What two main types of behaviors does the Behavioral Approach highlight in a leader's style?

Which of the styles on Blake and Mouton's Leadership Grid has low concern for interpersonal relationships and high concern for task accomplishment?