Deck 15: Leadership

Question 1

Level 5 leaders are ambitious for their organizations, not for themselves.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Intelligence, verbal ability, and high values are three distinguishing personal characteristics associated with successful leaders.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

According to Unlocking Innovative Solutions Through PEOPLE in Chapter 15, the De La Salle Spartans coach institutionalizes a process of building bonds among players along with a process of drills, workouts, and practices.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Leadership occurs among people, involves the use of influence, and is used to attain goals.

Question 5

Interactive leadership means that the leader favors a consensual and collaborative process, and influence derives from relationships rather than position power and formal authority.

Question 6

Initiating structure is the extent to which the leader is mindful of subordinates, respects their ideas and feelings, and establishes mutual trust.

Question 7

Management and leadership reflect the same sets of qualities and skills that frequently overlap within a single individual.

Question 8

Ohio State University researchers identified two major behaviors called consideration and initiating structure.

Question 9

The country club management style (1,9) stresses high service and concern for guests or customers, sometimes to the detriment of employees of the firm.

Question 10

Leadership is reciprocal.

Question 11

Self-confidence, honesty and integrity, enthusiasm, and the desire to lead, are all intelligence and ability components of personal characteristics of leaders.

Question 12

Interactive leadership has been found to be more common among female leaders.

Question 13

Level 5 leaders are ambitious for their themselves and their organizations.

Question 14

Ohio State's "high-high" style is not always the best, according to new research.

Question 15

Recognizing that successful leaders share specific personal characteristics, leadership research has validated Leadership Trait Theory.

Question 16

Influence means that the relationship among people is passive.

Question 17

The leadership grid suggests a two-dimensional leadership theory that measures a leader's concern for people and concern for production.

Question 18

Level 5 leadership refers to the highest level in a hierarchy of manager capabilities.

Question 19

Job-centered leaders are those leaders that establish high performance goals and display supportive behavior toward subordinates.

Question 20

Consideration is the extent to which the leader is task oriented and directs subordinate work activities toward goal attainment.

Question 21

The type of power that results from the leader's legitimate authority, based upon his or her position within the organization, is called coercive power.

Question 22

According to Fiedler, leader-member relations, task structure and task consideration are the three factors that combine to determine the leadership situation.

Question 23

A transactional leader is an inspirational leader who has the ability to motivate subordinates, through personal transactions, to transcend their normal performance.

Question 24

Mechanistic power is one of the five sources of power.

Question 25

A neutralizer is a situational variable that counteracts a leadership style and prevents the leader from displaying certain behaviors.

Question 26

If someone believes in telling their subordinates exactly what they are supposed to do, then they are exercising a supportive leader behavior, according to the Path-Goal theory.

Question 27

According to Fiedler, the task-oriented leader excels in the favorable situation whereas relationship-oriented leaders are most effective in situations of moderate favorability.

Question 28

When Bob shouts at Tara in public for not finishing her work and suspends her for two days, he is using his coercive power.

Question 29

Legitimate, reward, and expert powers are all forms of position power.

Question 30

According to Hersey and Blanchard, the telling style is appropriate for followers with moderate readiness.

Question 31

The leader can increase employee motivation, according to the Path-Goal theory, by either (1) clarifying the employee's path to accomplish goals, or (2) maximizing the value of the rewards available to successful employees.

Question 32

Hersey and Blanchard's situational theory focuses a great deal of attention on the characteristics of employees in determining appropriate leadership behavior.

Question 33

The potential ability to influence the behavior and decisions of other people is power.

Question 34

A transformational leader is a leader distinguished by a special ability to bring about innovation and change.

Question 35

Situational theory model is easier to understand than Fiedler's model, but it incorporates only the characteristics of followers, not those of the situation.

Question 36

The work environment contingencies, according to the Path-Goal theory, include the degree of task structure, the nature of the formal authority system, and the work group itself.

Question 37

To match the leader's style with the situation by changing factors in the situation to achieve the best match is the basic idea with Fiedler's contingency theory.

Question 38

Task Structure refers to the extent to which the leader has formal authority over subordinates.

Question 39

A substitute counteracts the leadership style and prevents the leader from displaying certain behaviors.

Question 40

The charismatic leader has the ability to motivate subordinates to transcend their expected performance.

Question 41

Janelle Jenkins at CompuSync show vast knowledge, intelligence, cognitive ability, and keen decisiveness. Which personal characteristic of leadership is she showing?

A) Physical characteristics
B) Intelligence and Ability
C) Personality
D) Social Characteristics
E) Social Background

Question 42

The leader who builds widespread commitment to a clear and compelling vision and stimulates people to high performance is a __________ leader

A) Level 1
B) Level 2
C) Level 3
D) Level 4
E) Level 5

Question 43

A servant leader is a leader who works to fulfill subordinates needs and goals as well as to achieve the organization's larger mission.

Question 44

In general, research has found a(n) __________ relationship between personal traits and leader success.

A) strong
B) weak
C) positive
D) negative
E) inverse

Question 45

Leadership is reciprocal, according to your text. This means

A) it is dynamic.
B) it is a problem-solving activity.
C) it occurs between people.
D) redundant.
E) it always creates conflict.

Question 46

Recently, Collie Care was attempting to hire a middle manager. They were looking for an intelligent, active, and creative individual. Which approach to leadership was Collie using?

A) The contingency approach
B) The situational approach
C) The trait approach
D) The behavioral approach
E) The substitute approach

Question 47

Bernetta is a manager at Winans International. She is very friendly and extremely respectful of her subordinate's welfare. She can be described as

A) high in initiating structure.
B) low in initiating structure.
C) high in consideration.
D) a team leader.
E) task-oriented manager.

Question 48

The effectiveness and appropriateness of a set of leader traits depends on all of these EXCEPT

A) the organization.
B) the subordinate.
C) the leader.
D) the competitors.
E) the subordinate and the leader.

Question 49

Moral leadership is about distinguishing right from wrong and choosing to do right.

Question 50

Referent power is the type of power that results from political referrals.

Question 51

The distinguishing personal characteristics of a leader are known as

A) traits.
B) sources of power.
C) leadership styles.
D) leadership behaviors.
E) personal preferences.

Question 52

Two types of personal powers are expert and reward powers.

Question 53

Which of the following characteristics of leaders have been studied?

A) Personality traits
B) Physical traits
C) Social traits
D) Work-related traits
E) all of these

Question 54

The ability to influence people toward the attainment of organizational goals is known as

A) motivation.
B) leadership.
C) persuasion.
D) commitment.
E) organizational citizenship.

Question 55

Researchers at the Ohio State University identified two major behaviors called

A) commitment and consideration.
B) commitment and initiation.
C) consideration and initiating structure.
D) initiating structure and commitment.
E) consideration and concern for people.

Question 56

Self-confidence, honesty and integrity, and the desire to lead, are all components of which personal characteristic of leaders?

A) Physical characteristics
B) Intelligence and Ability
C) Personality
D) Social Characteristics
E) Social Background

Question 57

Raj has the ability to convince others to work toward organizational objectives. This ability is known as

A) motivation.
B) leadership.
C) commitment.
D) a conceptual skill.
E) personal agenda.

Question 58

All of the following are essential parts of any definition of leadership EXCEPT

A) influence.
B) people.
C) goals.
D) coercive power.
E) influence and people only.

Question 59

The early research on leadership traits was referred to as the

A) contingency theory of leadership.
B) path-goal theory of leadership.
C) great man approach.
D) situational theory of leadership.
E) behavioral approach.

Question 60

The leader who builds an enduring great organization through a combination of personal humility and professional resolve is a __________ leader

A) Level 1
B) Level 2
C) Level 3
D) Level 4
E) Level 5

Question 61

Which Management style reflects a moderate amount of concern for both people and production?

A) Team Management
B) Country Club Management
C) Middle of the Road Management
D) Impoverished Management
E) Authority-Compliance

Question 62

Two leadership styles used by Fiedler in his contingency theory were

A) employee-centered and job-centered.
B) consideration and initiating structure.
C) concern for people and concern for production.
D) relationship-oriented and task-oriented.
E) employee-oriented and relations-oriented.

Question 63

According to research conducted at the Ohio State University, which of the following combinations produced the highest levels of performance and satisfaction?

A) High consideration and low initiating structure
B) High consideration and high commitment
C) High initiating structure and high consideration
D) High initiating structure and high commitment
E) Low consideration and low initiating structure

Question 64

__________ is consistent with initiating structure.

A) Task oriented behavior
B) Open communication
C) Teamwork oriented
D) People oriented behavior
E) Country-club management style

Question 65

According to the leadership grid, which of these is a 1,9 management style?

A) Team Management
B) Country Club Management
C) Middle of the Road Management
D) Impoverished Management
E) Authority-Compliance

Question 66

__________ and __________ proposed a two dimensional leadership theory called the Leadership Grid.

A) Blake; Mouton
B) Hersey; Blanchard
C) Vroom; Yetton
D) Tannenbaum; Schmidt
E) Evans; House

Question 67

According to the situational theory of Hersey and Blanchard, which of the following leader styles matches up best with low readiness subordinates?

A) Delegating style
B) Selling style
C) Telling style
D) Participating style
E) None of these

Question 68

__________ is a model of leadership that describes the relationship between leadership styles and specific organizational situations.

A) Contingency approach
B) Behavioral approach
C) Trait approach
D) Organizational approach
E) None of these

Question 69

Martin is a manager at Anderson Arches, Inc. Hersey and Blanchard would consider most of his subordinates highly ready. Based on this, which of the following leadership styles is best for Martin?

A) Participating
B) Delegating
C) Selling
D) Telling
E) Forcing

Question 70

Hersey and Blanchard are responsible for which theory?

A) Theory of leadership
B) ERG Theory
C) Situational theory
D) Contingency theory
E) Leadership

Question 71

The Michigan researchers used the term __________ for leaders who established high performance goals and displayed supportive behavior toward subordinates.

A) job-centered leaders
B) employee-centered leaders
C) initiating structure
D) consideration
E) impoverished management

Question 72

The key assumption of Hersey and Blanchard's situational theory is that subordinates vary in their

A) readiness level.
B) satisfaction level.
C) level of commitment.
D) level of security.
E) all of these.

Question 73

__________ refers to group atmosphere and members' attitude toward and acceptance of the leader.

A) Task structure
B) Leader relations
C) Contingency
D) Position power
E) Leader-member relations

Question 74

The recommended management style from the leadership grid is

A) 1,9.
B) 9,1.
C) 5,5.
D) 1,1.
E) 9,9.

Question 75

__________, according to the Leadership Grid, occurs when efficiency in operations is the dominant orientation.

A) Team Management
B) Country Club Management
C) Middle of the Road Management
D) Impoverished Management
E) Authority-Compliance

Question 76

The less effective leaders, in the University of Michigan studies, were called

A) job-centered leaders.
B) employee-centered leaders.
C) initiating structure.
D) consideration.
E) impoverished management.

Question 77

The Leadership Grid used the two leader behaviors which were called

A) employee-centered and job centered.
B) consideration and initiating structure.
C) concern for people and concern for production.
D) relationship-oriented and task-oriented.
E) employee-oriented and relationship oriented.

Question 78

According to the most recent research on the leader behaviors of consideration and initiating structure, which of the following combinations is best?

A) High consideration and high initiating structure
B) High consideration and low initiating structure
C) Low consideration and high initiating structure
D) Low consideration and low initiating structure
E) None of these; no one style is best.

Question 79

According to Hersey and Blanchard, __________ works best for employees with moderate readiness.

A) selling and telling
B) telling and participating
C) selling and participating
D) telling and delegating
E) selling and delegating

Question 80

A key difference between the theories of Fiedler and Hersey and Blanchard is that

A) Fiedler considered only task characteristics, while Hersey and Blanchard focused on the individual.
B) Hersey and Blanchard placed a greater emphasis on task characteristics than did Fiedler.
C) Fiedler examined a variety of characteristics, while Hersey and Blanchard focused solely on the individual.
D) All of these.
E) Fiedler considered only task characteristics, while Hersey and Blanchard focused on the individual and placed a greater emphasis on task characteristics than did Fiedler.