Deck 11: Leadership and Management Style

Question 1

Which of the following is more an aspect of leadership than an aspect of management?

A)Planning
B)Adopting a visionary stance
C)Supervising
D)Monitoring

Answer 1

Adopting a visionary stance

Question 2

Which of the following is not a factor commonly shared by effective managers?

A)Effective communication skills
B)Achievement-orientation
C)Introversion
D)Need for power

Answer 2

Introversion

Question 3

In which type of leadership is there no opportunity for subordinates to participate in decision making?

A)Passive leadership
B)Participative leadership
C)Democratic leadership
D)Autocratic leadership

Answer 3

Autocratic leadership

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of Likert's four styles of leadership?

A)Transactional
B)Exploitative authoritative
C)Consultative
D)Participative

Question 5

A job-centred manager or leader would rank:

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

Question 6

In Blake and Mouton's leadership grid, leaders are ranked on which dimensions?

A)Concern for production and concern for product quality
B)Concern for people and concern for production
C)Concern for people and concern for product quality
D)Concern for product quality and concern for organizational culture

Question 7

Compared to autocratic leadership, participative leadership is likely to result in:

A)Lower or higher productivity
B)Higher productivity
C)Lower productivity
D)Higher task complexity

Question 8

Which of the following models maintains that organizations have untapped resources such as creative ability and responsible behaviour?

A)Latent resources model
B)Human resource management model
C)Positive psychology model
D)Human resources model

Question 9

Which of the following is not a point of critique of participative leadership?

A)Participative leadership leaves no room for the use of power
B)Participation may lack appeal to those who don't trust each other
C)The importance of organizational structure is neglected
D)Bureaucratic and impersonal control techniques are underemphasized

Question 10

Span of control refers to:

A)The level of influence
B)The variety of markets that an organization operates in
C)The number of subordinates reporting to a supervisor or manager
D)None of these

Question 11

Low LPC (least preferred co-worker) leaders, according to Fiedler, tend to be:

A)Employee-centred
B)People who gain satisfaction from successful interpersonal relations
C)Psychologically close to their group members
D)None of these

Question 12

Which of the following is not a dimension of House's path-goal model?

A)Directive leadership
B)Transformational leadership
C)Supportive leadership
D)Achievement-oriented leadership

Question 13

The Hersey-Blanchard situational theory emphasizes the match between leadership and subordinates':

A)Attitude towards the leader
B)Level in the hierarchy
C)Maturity
D)Emotionality

Question 14

Leaders that have an extraordinarily positive effect on followers are described as:

A)Democratic leaders
B)Authoritative leaders
C)Charismatic leaders
D)Strong leaders

Question 15

Lateral leadership refers to the ability to:

A)Lead out
B)Lead passively
C)Coach other leaders
D)Lead without formal authority

Question 16

Schindler and Thomas identified which of the following five key characteristics of trust?

A)Integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty, and openness
B)Integrity, exchange, consistency, clarity, and openness
C)Exchange, clarity, openness, diversity, and interpersonal contact
D)Clarity, skill, performance quality, obedience, and spontaneity

Question 17

Why do you think there has been greater emphasis placed on "leadership skills" in recent years?

A)Because of an increase in the layers of management within a hierarchical structure of organization
B)Because of the movement away from managers relying solely on the power in their position within a hierarchical structure of organization
C)Because of the need for managers to have greater control over the activities of their subordinates
D)Due to a movement towards managers relying increasingly on the power in their position within a hierarchical structure of organization

Question 18

Which of the following perspectives on leadership apply when conditions facing the organization are described as turbulent?

A)Power-based leadership
B)Transactional leadership
C)Transformational leadership
D)Mechanistic system

Question 19

Which of the following is not a feature of democratic leadership?

A)Conflict is confronted
B)Goal congruence
C)Supportive atmosphere
D)Absence of feedback

Question 20

The traitist approach to leadership is concerned with:

A)The behavioural style adopted by the leader
B)Personality of the leader
C)Position power of the leader
D)Maturity of subordinates

Question 21

Which of the following is mentioned by Lewicki et al. in their typology of trust in leadership?

A)Identification-based trust
B)Deterrence-based trust
C)Knowledge-based trust
D)All of these

Question 22

Which is not a dysfunctional type of leader?

A)A health-constructive narcissist
B)A reactive-destructive narcissist
C)A derailed leader
D)A Machiavellian type

Question 23

Part of the hubristic syndrome in leaders is reflected in:

A)Using power for self-glorification
B)Almost obsessive focus on personal image
C)Excessive confidence coupled with contempt for advice or criticism of others
D)All of these

Question 24

The link between emotional intelligence and leadership is well established. Which of the following characteristics apply to a leader rated high on emotional intelligence?

A)The leader displays interpersonal sensitivity and can empathize with followers
B)The leader listens carefully to what followers have to say
C)The leader expresses sympathy, where appropriate, and enthusiasm and and encour-agement when followers perform well, and irritation when performance is consis-tently less than satisfactory
D)All of these

Question 25

What is socialized charismatic leadership?

A)Amounts to the integration of ethical and charismatic leadership
B)Refers to leaders who are self-centred
C)Refers to leaders who have difficulty aligning their values with those of their followers
D)None of these

Question 26

Servant leadership can best be described as:

A)Puts more emphasis on self-interest and less interest on helping followers to develop their talents and careers
B)Puts less emphasis on self-interest and more emphasis on helping followers to develop their talents and careers
C)Shows a preference for the exercise of power rather than persuasion
D)None of these

Question 27

Authentic leaders display characteristics with a moral dimension, such as

A)Honesty, modesty, and transparent values and beliefs
B)Concern for followers and willing to engage in open communication
C)Recognize their own fallibility
D)All of these