Deck 5: Contingency Leadership Theories

Question 1

Task, structure, and environment are situational variables.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Personality traits, behavior, and motivation are the leader variables in the contingency leadership framework.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

LPC stands for leader's preferred coworker.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Capability and motivation are the two follower variables in the contingency leadership framework.

Question 5

Leader-member relations is one of the three variables of situational favorableness.

Question 6

Including employee input into decision making is an example of participative leadership style.

Question 7

Neutralizers for leadership include characteristics of the subordinate, task, and organization that makes leadership behavior unnecessary or redundant; substitutes reduce or limit the effectiveness of a leader's behavior.

Question 8

Substitutes for leadership include job enrichment, self-managing teams, and automation.

Question 9

The contingency leadership model leadership styles are:

A) task and relationship
B) task and situation
C) task and leader
D) none of the answers are correct

Question 10

Tannenbaum's and Schmidt's theory stating that leadership behavior is on a continuum from boss-centered to subordinate-centered leadership is called:

A) the boss-oriented theory
B) Theory X management
C) participative management
D) the leadership continuum model

Question 11

The path-goal leadership model styles include:

A) directive
B) supportive
C) participative
D) achievement-oriented
E) all of the answers are correct

Question 12

__________ leadership is appropriate when employees want to be involved and the leader includes their input into decision making.

A) Achievement-oriented
B) Directive
C) Participative
D) Supportive

Question 13

__________ reduce of limit the effectiveness of a leader's behavior.

A) Substitutes
B) Alternative leadership actions
C) Neutralizers
D) none of the answers are correct

Question 14

Do you believe that more managers today are using more boss- or subordinate-centered leadership styles?

Question 15

Do you agree that time is an important situational factor to consider in selecting a leadership style for the situation? Explain.

Question 16

The normative leadership model is the most complex. Do more variables improve the model?

Question 17

Identify your manager's most commonly used path-goal leadership style. Would you say this is the most appropriate leadership style based on the situational factors? Explain.

Question 18

Identify your present or past manager. Can the characteristics of followers, task, and/or the organization substitute for this leader? In other words, is his or her leadership necessary? Explain.