Exam 9: Exporting, Importing, and Global Sourcing

Why is transformational leadership more effective than transactional?

Transformational leaders rely on their charisma, persuasiveness, and personal appeal to change and inspire their companies.

Employees engage in higher levels of conflict when leaders use which of the following decision making style?

Leaders without a formal position of authority with the organization but who demonstrate leadership by influencing others through personal forms of power is/are called _________________.

When leaders are ______________, productivity tends to be higher.

What LMX theory implies for leaders is that one way of influencing employees is through the ____________ that leaders form with their employees.

What is leader-member exchange theory?

What are the two broad categories of leader behavior?

What are the characteristics of servant leadership?

The earliest and one of the most influential contingency theories was developed by ________________.

Because _______________ leaders express greater levels of concern for people's well being, and appeal to people's values, followers are more likely to believe that the leader has a trustworthy character.

According to Goleman, in what way are effective leaders different from ineffective leaders?

A large body of research has shown that it is not possible to train people to increase their charisma.

When leaders use _________________, employees participate in the making of the decision.

________________ leaders provide emotional support to employees and treat them well, care about them and are encouraging.

The leadership style that involves employees in the making of important decisions is:

The tendency to trust in transactional leaders is lower than in transformational leaders.

If you have a people-oriented personality, and a high LPC, you can separate your liking of a person from your ability to work with that person.

Leaders who hold a position of authority and may utilize the power that comes from their position, as well as their personal power to influence others, is/are called ?_______________.

Agreeable people who are modest, good-natured, and avoid conflict are more likely to be perceived as leaders.