Exam 6: Managing Relationships With Your Direct Reports, bosses, and Peers

Marcos generally sees his bosses as irrelevant or as hurdles to overcome.Marcos would be considered counterdependent in his attitudes toward authority.

An employee who believes that he or she can change the workplace is ____.

The style that is low on relationship-focused behaviors and high on task-focused behaviors is _____.

According to researcher Blake Ashforth,abrasive bosses are characterized by _____.

According to the textbook,people at the lower levels of the hierarchy have power from _____.

From studying the Denison model,you know that it is important to communicate a clear and engaging mission to your employees. Which of the following behaviors will help you to do this?

Describe what strong and weak ties are,as well as the benefits of having each type in your network.

You have just been given supervisory responsibility for a department of highly educated scientists,many of who have been working successfully at their jobs for twenty years or more. They're working on a type of project that they're comfortable with and have excelled at their work several times in the past. According to the Situational Leadership Model,what management style should you use with these employees?

The Denison Leadership model focuses on what managers can do to create effective organizational cultures. Which of the following is not one of his suggestions for doing so?

According to researcher Philip Zimbardo,which of the following organizational conditions can lead to abuse toward human beings by people in authority?

According to Jane Dutton and Emily Heaphy,high quality connections can only be developed when people have spent a lot of time together.

According to the textbook,people at the upper levels have power from _____.

According to this textbook,the idea that we try to influence other people's judgments of us to get what we want is captured by the term______.

If a manager wants to help employees be more innovative,the Denison Leadership models suggests that she is likely to have the biggest impact by focusing on _____.

Researchers Bill Kahn and Kathy Kram explain that there are three types of authority relations that play out at work.Which of the following is not one of these:

According to your text,as a protégé,you should do all of the following except _____.

Describe at least 5 actions an employee can take to proactively manage his/her relationship with the boss .

Describe the Situational Leadership model.

Explain how your orientation toward authority can influence your relationship with your boss and direct reports .

In general,effective networks _____.