Deck 11: Leadership and Trust

Question 1

Leaders are ________.

A)the final step in the leadership process.
B)the first step in the leadership process
C)individual people who study the leadership process.
D)individual people,while leadership is a process

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Behavioural theories of leadership focused on ________.

A)what effective leaders did
B)how to identify effective leaders
C)who effective leaders were
D)what characteristics effective leaders had

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A high-high leader in the Ohio State studies achieved the highest ratings with respect to ________.

A)employee performance only
B)employee performance for routine tasks only
C)employee satisfaction only
D)both employee performance and satisfaction

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Monica's boss allows her to make any decision she thinks is important on the spot without consulting anyone.Monica's boss has this kind of leadership style.

A)Democratic style.
B)Laid back.
C)Autocratic style.
D)Laissez-faire style.

Question 5

Early leadership trait research looked to find characteristics that might ________.

A)identify the physical traits of leaders
B)distinguish charismatic leadership and visionary leadership
C)differentiate leaders from nonleaders
D)distinguish transactional leaders from transformational leaders

Question 6

Jared's boss encourages employees to participate in the decision-making process,but does not give them complete freedom to do as they like.She has this kind of leadership style.

A)Democratic.
B)Laissez-faire.
C)Situational.
D)Autocratic.

Question 7

A leader is someone who has managerial authority but cannot influence others.

Question 8

Define leadership.

Question 9

Tannenbaum and Schmidt's continuum studies suggested that managers should move toward ________ leadership styles.

A)task-centred
B)quality-centred
C)manager-centred
D)employee-centred

Question 10

The University of Iowa studies discussed all of the following leadership styles EXCEPT ________ leadership.

A)transformational
B)democratic
C)laissez-faire
D)autocratic

Question 11

Which leadership style tends to centralise authority and make unilateral decisions?

A)Autocratic style.
B)Democratic style.
C)Cultural style.
D)Laissez-faire style.

Question 12

Leaders are not always formally appointed.

Question 13

Leadership identifies a process,while leader identifies a person.

Question 14

In the Ohio State studies,________ refers to how much mutual trust exists between employees and leaders.

A)initiating ideas
B)trust orientation
C)consideration
D)integrity

Question 15

The promise of behavioural theories of leadership held that this would be possible.

A)Explaining why successful leaders were successful.
B)Being able to train a person to be a leader.
C)Picking a leader out of a crowd.
D)Eliminating ineffective leaders.

Question 16

In the Ohio State studies,________ refers to how strict a leader's standards are.

A)path-dependency
B)consideration
C)initiating structure
D)managerial grid

Question 17

If a trait theory of leadership were true,then all leaders would possess ________.

A)seven traits
B)the same traits
C)charisma
D)different traits

Question 18

A democratic consultative leader ________.

A)shares the final decision without input
B)makes the final decision herself without input
C)seeks input and shares the final decision
D)seeks input but makes the final decision herself

Question 19

Ideally,all managers should be leaders.

Question 20

The Iowa studies indicated that this was the leadership style associated with greater employee satisfaction.

A)Hands-off.
B)Democratic.
C)Combination of democratic and laissez-faire.
D)Autocratic.

Question 21

In a short essay,describe the managerial grid that emerged from the early leadership studies.

Question 22

Tannenbaum and Schmidt suggested that in the long run,managers should move toward an employee-centred leadership style.

Question 23

Trait research has given managers the ability to pick out leaders from the group.

Question 24

What does Fiedler's least-preferred coworker questionnaire measure?

A)The least effective leadership style.
B)The most common leadership style among all leaders.
C)The most effective leadership style.
D)Leadership style of respondents who took the test.

Question 25

Which quadrant of the managerial grid generally identifies the LEAST successful leaders?

A)Top right.
B)Top left.
C)Bottom right.
D)Bottom left.

Question 26

According to the University of Michigan studies,leaders who were ________ were associated with higher group productivity and higher job satisfaction.

A)production oriented
B)considerate
C)initiating structure
D)employee oriented

Question 27

The Ohio State studies suggested that leaders who were high in structure and high in consideration were frequently successful.

Question 28

Trait theories of leadership focus on how leaders interact with their followers.

Question 29

In a short essay,describe the University of Michigan leadership studies.

Question 30

Research has shown a distinct set of traits that distinguishes leaders from nonleaders.

Question 31

In a short essay,describe the Ohio State University leadership studies.

Question 32

Which description best characterises a (9,9)leadership style on the managerial grid?

A)Middle-of-the-road management.
B)Country club management.
C)Team management.
D)Task management.

Question 33

Fiedler's LPC ratings concluded that leaders were either ________.

A)positive or negative
B)task oriented or relationship oriented
C)relationship oriented or people oriented
D)task oriented or trusting

Question 34

A leader who ranks (1,9)in the managerial grid would have more concern for people than production.

Question 35

On the managerial grid,a leader who is low in both concern for people and concern for production would rate ________.

A)(1,1)
B)(9,1)
C)(5,5)
D)(9,9)

Question 36

Define an autocratic leadership style.

Question 37

The Michigan studies suggested that the most successful leaders were employee oriented.

Question 38

In a short essay,identify and describe three traits associated with leadership.

Question 39

A leader with a laissez-faire style often delegates authority to subordinates.

Question 40

Fiedler assumed a person's leadership style ________.

A)is contingent on the situation
B)evolves over time
C)is fixed
D)is variable

Question 41

Which category of follower is considered to be able but unwilling to complete a task?

A)R3
B)R1
C)R2
D)R4

Question 42

Path-goal theory assumes that environmental factors such as ________ can change a leadership situation.

A)skills and abilities of followers
B)locus of control of followers
C)personal work experience of followers
D)work group structure of followers

Question 43

The most important conclusion from the leader-participation model is that ________.

A)a leader must change his or her leadership style depending on the situation
B)a leader must keep the same leadership style no matter what the situation is
C)all situations are similar
D)a leader must try to change the situation if it does not suit his or her leadership style

Question 44

A(n)________ leader in path-goal theory often makes decisions collectively with followers.

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

Question 45

A delegating leadership style works best with which type of follower?

A)R4
B)R3
C)R2
D)R1

Question 46

________ is defined in situational leadership theory (SLT)as a high task,low relationship leadership role.

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

Question 47

Jobs in a firm are quite informal.Workers are versatile and switch tasks and responsibilities depending on the situation.In Fiedler's model,this firm would be said to have ________.

A)good leader-member relations
B)low task structure
C)high task structure
D)high position power

Question 48

A major criticism of Fiedler's work stated that it failed to recognise that effective leaders ________.

A)cannot change leadership styles
B)can change leadership styles
C)are always relationship oriented
D)are always task oriented

Question 49

A leader who pretty much leaves employees on their own is assuming this SLT role.

A)Delegating.
B)Selling.
C)Participating.
D)Telling.

Question 50

In path-goal theory,a directive leadership style works well in a situation in which tasks are ________.

A)straightforward and unambiguous
B)clearly defined
C)highly structured
D)ambiguous and confusing

Question 51

Which category of follower is considered to be both unable and unwilling to complete a task?

A)R3
B)R2
C)R4
D)R1

Question 52

A(n)________ leader in path-goal theory does little but set challenging goals for followers.

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

Question 53

In path-goal theory,a participative leadership style works well with subordinates who ________.

A)are having work group conflicts
B)have an external locus of control
C)have an internal locus of control
D)have little faith in their own ability

Question 54

Fiedler concluded that task-oriented leaders performed best when the situation was ________.

A)moderately favourable or moderately unfavourable
B)highly favourable
C)highly unfavourable
D)either highly favourable or highly unfavourable

Question 55

The leader-participation model contends that leader behaviour should ________.

A)be consistent from task to task
B)never vary
C)be dependent on the traits of the leader
D)adjust to the structure of the task involved

Question 56

Your boss has total control over hiring,firing and promotions in your department.He has ________.

A)good leader-member relations
B)poor leader-member relations
C)low task structure
D)strong position power

Question 57

Results from the leader-participation model conclude that it is more important to talk about autocratic and participative ________.

A)leaders than followers
B)followers than situations
C)situations than leaders
D)leaders than situations

Question 58

Which leadership style works best with an R2 type of follower?

A)Participating.
B)Selling.
C)Delegating.
D)Telling.

Question 59

A leader who provides maximum supportive behaviour and a great deal of explicit instructions for how to carry out a task is assuming this SLT role.

A)Participating.
B)Selling.
C)Telling.
D)Delegating.

Question 60

A(n)________ leader in path-goal theory gives specific guidance in performing tasks.

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

Question 61

Which of the following is an accurate statement about transformational leaders?

A)Their organisations are highly productive.
B)They are poor motivators.
C)Their organisations suffer from high turnover rates
D)Their organisations are not productive.

Question 62

In a short essay,describe the basics of situational leadership theory (SLT).

Question 63

A high LPC score indicates that a worker is productivity oriented.

Question 64

According to path-goal theory,a leader should avoid a directive leadership style when ________.

A)tasks are stressful and ambiguous
B)workers have an external locus of control
C)tasks are highly structured
D)work groups experience conflict

Question 65

Transformational leaders are leaders who guide by ________.

A)articulating a vision for followers
B)offering rewards to followers
C)inspiring followers
D)the force of their personality

Question 66

Visionary leadership differs from charismatic leadership because of its focus on ________.

A)employee engagement
B)a holistic view of the organisation
C)past mistakes and dangers that the future might bring
D)an improved image of the future

Question 67

Fiedler concluded that task-oriented leaders tended to perform better in favourable situations and worse in unfavourable situations.

Question 68

Fiedler concluded that relationship-oriented leaders seemed to perform better in highly unfavourable situations.

Question 69

Define leader-member relations.

Question 70

In a short essay,describe the conclusions of situational leadership theory (SLT)for each follower readiness category: R1,R2,R3 and R4.

Question 71

Fiedler's model proposed that leadership success was determined by matching leadership style to the company's goals and values.

Question 72

In a short essay,discuss the conclusions derived from path-goal leadership theory.

Question 73

Situational leadership theory (SLT)states that an R1 worker who is unable and unwilling to perform a task responds best to a telling leadership style.

Question 74

Transactional leaders are leaders who guide by ________.

A)articulating a vision for followers
B)offering rewards to followers
C)the force of their personality
D)inspiring followers

Question 75

'Trained' charismatic leaders had workers who were ________ those who had been led by non-charismatic leaders.

A)equally productive when compared to
B)more productive than
C)slightly less productive than
D)dramatically less productive than

Question 76

Situational leadership theory (SLT)states that an R3 worker who is able but unwilling to perform a task responds best to a selling leadership style.

Question 77

Which of the following is NOT a typical trait of a charismatic leader?

A)Erect body posture.
B)Direct eye contact.
C)Animated facial expressions.
D)Relaxed body posture.

Question 78

In a short essay,discuss the basics of the path-goal leadership theory developed by Robert House.

Question 79

Path-goal theory states that a directive leadership style works best when tasks are clear.

Question 80

Robert House's path-goal theory maintains that an effective leader clears the path for a follower to the follower's goal.