Deck 10: Leadership

Question 1

Gordon, the highly paid leader of a stock brokerage firm, inspired his employees every morning with motivational speeches.He encouraged his employees to "do what it takes" to make money.This best illustrates an example of what type of leadership?

A) transformational leadership
B) transactional leadership
C) pseudo-transformational leadership
D) pseudo-transactional leadership

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Employees at Fun Time Cinema were asked to complete the least-preferred co-worker scale.Jackie scored very low on the scale.What type of orientation is Jackie?

A) relationship motivated orientation
B) conflict orientation
C) task motivated orientation
D) avoidant orientation

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Every Friday, Alex holds a team meeting with his staff.In the meeting, employees give an overview of the projects they are currently working on and discuss the type of support they are offering to their clients.At the end of the meeting, Alex gets the team to generate ideas on ways to enhance the products and services they offer their clients.Which of the following leadership styles does this scenario best describe?

A) participative leadership
B) achievement-oriented leadership
C) supportive leadership
D) directive leadership

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following leadership styles is most likely to cause increased levels of stress, retaliation, and a sense of helplessness and alienation from work in employees?

A) abusive leadership
B) passive leadership
C) laissez-faire leadership
D) unethical leadership

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a form of transactional leadership?

A) The leader actively looks for employee mistakes.
B) The leader does not set goals or give feedback.
C) The leader takes responsibility for work tasks and employees.
D) The leader goes beyond self-interest and does what is right for everyone.

Question 6

Sam recently learned about the Ohio State studies in his psychology class and is interested in conducting his own research on the topic of leadership behaviour.Which of the following statements offers Sam the best advice about pursuing research in this area?

A) No, don't pursue the research because the Ohio State studies collected enough data on leadership behaviours.
B) Yes, pursue the research because recent evidence shows methodological problems with the previous research.
C) No, don't pursue the research because the correlations between the two leadership dimensions are quite small.
D) Yes, pursue the research because contingency theories are necessary for advancing research in I/O psychology.

Question 7

Which of the following tools is NOT used to improve a manager's transformational leadership skills?

A) feedback
B) goal-setting
C) coaching
D) job-shadowing

Question 8

Carol, the leader of a large manufacturing firm, asked employees in the company what they would do to decrease production time in the factory.What form of transformational leadership is Carol exhibiting?

A) idealized influence
B) inspirational motivation
C) individualized consideration
D) intellectual stimulation

Question 9

Which of the following are examples of both primary dimensions of leadership behaviour identified by the Ohio State studies?

A) initiating and consideration structures
B) scheduling and goal setting components
C) compensation and trust dimensions
D) compensation and consideration structures

Question 10

According to Bass (1997), which of the following is a defining trait of the universally held prototypes and ideals of leadership?

A) they are transactional
B) they are transformational
C) they are different
D) they are the same

Question 11

Transformational leadership theory is typically operationalized using which of the following measures?

A) multifactor leadership questionnaire
B) least-preferred co-worker scale
C) leader behaviour description questionnaire
D) pseudo-transformational leadership scale

Question 12

Contingent reward behaviours are NOT associated with which of the following?

A) employee satisfaction
B) employee motivation
C) organizational performance
D) organizational credibility

Question 13

What is an employee outcome of leaders engaging in laissez-faire management?

A) increased commitment
B) less satisfied employees
C) more opportunity for advancement
D) lower negative feedback

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a reason why men remain far likelier than women to be in leadership roles?

A) the glass ceiling
B) the glass canyon
C) family responsibilities
D) stereotypes

Question 15

Which of the following statements is the BEST example of a charismatic leader?

A) A charismatic leader predicts organizational financial performance.
B) A charismatic leader is perceived as a separate entity from the success of the organization they lead.
C) A charismatic leader has the ability to influence others simply by strength of character.
D) A charismatic leader has the ability to teach others how to change their own personality.

Question 16

Which of the following findings supports the nature argument of leadership?

A) Parental warmth was positively associated with leadership among young people.
B) Loss of a parent at an early age was associated with subsequent success as a leader.
C) 17 percent of the variance in leadership experiences was explained by previous work experience.
D) About 30 percent of the variance in leadership roles can be explained by genetic factors

Question 17

Which of the following is a difficulty with the leader-member exchange theory?

A) Leaders must evaluate the performance of followers.
B) Followers have no say in the projects their leaders delegate.
C) Leaders and followers disagree on the quality of their relationships.
D) Leaders and followers disagree on the amount of time each spends on work projects.

Question 18

What is the theory that suggests that leaders are born (and not trained), such that leadership skills and abilities are innate?

A) Charismatic Leadership
B) Leader Member Exchange
C) Leadership Attribution Theory
D) Great Man Theory

Question 19

Which of the following findings supports the idea that leadership can be taught?

A) Managers' understanding of transformational leadership decreased in the experimental group, but not the control group.
B) Employee self-reported attitudes were enhanced in the control group, but not the experimental group.
C) Organizational measures of financial performance were enhanced in both the control group and the experimental group.
D) Employee views of managers' transformational leadership were more positive in the experimental group than in the control group.

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT an example of an employee attitude related to leadership in organizations?

A) creativity in job role
B) satisfaction with leader
C) commitment to the organization
D) trust in the leader

Question 21

According to Shao and Webber (2006), what leadership behaviour would not be effective in China's culture of uncertainty avoidance?

A) intellectual stimulation
B) individualized consideration
C) inspirational motivation
D) idealized influence

Question 22

Organizational financial performance is largely due to the number of charismatic leaders within the organization.

Question 23

Some people think the research progress on leadership theory goes in circles.What is a rebuttal to this accusation?

Question 24

Why was the emergence of trait theories of leadership an important research evolution for organizations?

Question 25

Risk of cardiac death is not related to experiences of justice in the workplace.

Question 26

Outcomes related to occupational health and safety are empirically related to organizational leadership.

Question 27

Unjust supervisors can contribute to heavy drinking and cardiovascular disease in followers.

Question 28

Women leaders tend to be seen as more transformational than male leaders as a result of a more autocratic style.

Question 29

What are the five characteristics that seem to be central to the definition of leadership across all cultures, based on data from the GLOBE study?

Question 30

Charismatic and transformational leadership theories were the focus of more leadership research in the 1990s than all other leadership theory combined.

Question 31

The path-goal theory can be easily tested in research because it breaks leadership styles down into four types.