Exam 4: Contingency Theories in Leadership

List which leadership models are prescriptive and descriptive, and explain why they are classified as such.

An employee who is normally a very good worker needing very little supervision recently is not doing well on the job. The manager knows the employee is having a family problem. Which path-goal leadership style is most appropriate for this situation?

Before selecting one of the seven leadership styles on the leadership continuum, the leader must consider which one of the following variables?

____ means that the leader works with followers to help them identify and learn the behaviors that will lead to successful task accomplishment and organizational rewards.

Today, more companies are looking for graduates with ____.

Authoritarianism is the extent of the leader's position power.

Do the three situational favorableness factors of the contingency leadership model (Exhibit 5.3) fit in only one of the three variables of all contingency leadership variables (Exhibit 5.1)? Explain.

In Europe and other parts of the world, managers have fewer cultural than technical variables to deal with because of similar value systems and religious backgrounds among employees.

Compare and contrast four major differences among the five contingency leadership models.

The path-goal leadership styles include all of the following EXCEPT:

Do you agree that time is an important situational factor to consider in selecting a leadership style for the situation? Explain.

According to contingency leadership theories, leadership success requires that managers adapt different leadership styles to meet the situation.

One of the difficulties in testing the path-goal theory is:

Which of the following best represents a situation in which a task-oriented leadership style should be used?

Fast-food manager. As a fast-food manager, you have a high turnover rate. You need to hire two new employees soon as you are short-handed now. You have five applicants. Your employees are the typical high school students who work part time and then eventually quit for better jobs, or when they finish school, get full-time jobs or to go on to college. Step 1: Which model should you use? (_____ time-driven _____ development-driven) Step 2: Which questions in your text's normative model (Exhibit 4.9 or 4.10) did you answer and how? (H = high, L = low, NA = not answered/skipped) Step 3: Which leadership style is the most appropriate? _____ decide _____ consult individually _____ consult group _____ facilitate _____ delegate

According to the leadership continuum model, a leader should consider three variables-boss, subordinates, and situation (time)-before selecting one of seven leadership styles.

The major difference between behavioral and contingency leadership theories is that contingency leadership theories attempt to determine the one best leadership style in all situations.

When a leader sets difficult but achievable goals, expects followers to perform at their highest level, and rewards them for doing so, the leader is using a participative style.

____ leadership models identify contingency variables and leadership styles without specifying which style to use in a given situation.

All seven questions in the normative leadership model: