Deck 7: Leadership Behavior

Question 1

The LBDQ-XII assesses behaviors such as being able to tolerate uncertainty and acting as a representative for a group.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Personality traits,values,and intelligence must be inferred from behavior.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The context and style of a leader's behavior are factors that affect their ability to build teams.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Based on the Leadership Pipeline,people frequently turn out to be effective leaders even when they skip organizational levels.

Question 5

Researchers at the University of Michigan considered job-centered and employee-centered behaviors to be at opposite ends of a single continuum of leadership behavior.

Question 6

The Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire was developed by Ohio State University researchers.

Question 7

On the Leadership Grid,a 9,9 leader most likely accomplishes goals by forming trusting,respectful relationships with team members.

Question 8

According to research into 360-degree feedback,white peers and subordinates generally gave about the same level of ratings for both black and white peers and bosses.

Question 9

The Leadership Pipeline is a useful model that exemplifies the progression of a manager from a task-oriented leader to a people-oriented leader.

Question 10

According to the Leadership Grid,1,1 leaders are the most successful in the workplace.

Question 11

According to Hogan and Warrenfelz,the four major categories of competency models are interpersonal,intrapersonal,business,and followership skills.

Question 12

Research shows that when a manager shares the results of their 360-degree feedback with followers and work on an action plan to improve their ratings,ratings do increase over time and in some cases,leadership productivity improves as well.

Question 13

Building development plans and getting coaching from others improves a person's chances of changing targeted behaviors.

Question 14

Instruments providing 360-degree feedback to managers are particularly useful for leadership development.

Question 15

A leadership skill consists of three components: a well-defined body of knowledge,a set of related behaviors,and clear criteria of competent performance.

Question 16

Framing is the leadership competency of developing relationships that allow people to work together in the community across their differences.

Question 17

Leaders that rank high in consideration on the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ)are more likely to assign reasonable deadlines,establish performance standards,and monitor performance levels.

Question 18

A study of more than 700 firms reported that companies that used 360-degree feedback systems had a 10.6 percent increase in shareholder value.

Question 19

The three components of community leadership include mobilization,framing,and building social capital.

Question 20

According to research,there is a universal set of leader behaviors that is always associated with leadership success.

Question 21

The leadership competency of helping a group or community recognize and define its opportunities and issues in ways that result in effective action is known as:

A) framing.
B) building social capital.
C) mobilizing followers.
D) facilitating interaction.

Question 22

Behaviors concerned with motivating subordinates to accomplish the task at hand are called _____ behaviors.

A) interaction facilitation
B) work facilitation
C) goal emphasis
D) leader support

Question 23

Which term refers to how much a leader is friendly and supportive toward subordinates?

A) Goal emphasis
B) Consideration
C) Initiating structure
D) Work facilitation

Question 24

Work facilitation behaviors deal with leaders:

A) acquiring and allocating resources.
B) motivating subordinates to work hard.
C) showing concern for subordinates.
D) minimizing conflicts among followers.

Question 25

The leadership dimensions that were identified by the Ohio State studies are:

A) concern and initiating communication.
B) consideration and initiating structure.
C) goal emphasis and interaction support.
D) work facilitation and assertiveness.

Question 26

Community leaders are most likely to:

A) have significant positional power.
B) go through formal selection processes.
C) have fewer resources than most leaders.
D) use coercive power to discipline followers.

Question 27

Which skill category relates to analyzing issues,making decisions,and thinking strategically?

A) Intrapersonal skills
B) Leadership skills
C) Interpersonal skills
D) Business skills

Question 28

In general,researchers have reported that subordinates are more satisfied when leaders:

A) monitor performance results.
B) set clear and challenging goals.
C) exhibit a high level of consideration.
D) explain what followers are expected to do.

Question 29

In terms of the Leadership Grid,leaders scoring 1,9 show:

A) low concern for people and high concern for production.
B) high concern for people and production.
C) high concern for people and low concern for production.
D) low concern for people and production.

Question 30

Which of the following is NOT a source for 360-degree feedback?

A) Peers
B) Self
C) Customers
D) Direct reports

Question 31

Which of the following statements concerning 360-degree feedback systems is most likely FALSE?

A) 360-degree feedback tools are data based and provide good development feedback.
B) Most 360-degree feedback systems are designed to make comparisons between people.
C) Research shows that firms with 360-degree feedback systems had a drop in shareholder value.
D) 360-degree feedback provides insight into self-perceptions and others' perceptions of leadership skills.

Question 32

Adequate organization performance is possible through balancing the necessity to get work out while maintaining morale of people at a satisfactory level.In the context of the Leadership Grid,what leadership orientation does this statement signify?

A) Team management
B) Country Club management
C) Impoverished management
D) Middle-of-the-road management

Question 33

Which statement about 360-degree feedback systems is most likely true?

A) Most firms use 360-degree feedback as a development tool rather than for performance appraisal purposes.
B) Few global firms use 360-degree feedback because of its mixed development results.
C) 360-degree feedback should be built around an organization's competency model.
D) Research shows that 360-degree feedback ratings change significantly over time.

Question 34

Goal emphasis and work facilitation are _____ leadership behavior dimensions.

A) job-centered
B) interpersonal
C) employee-centered
D) intrapersonal

Question 35

The two dimensions of the Leadership Grid are:

A) communication skills and cognitive skills.
B) concern for people and concern for production.
C) leader support and interaction facilitation.
D) introversion-extroversion and thinking-perceiving.

Question 36

Leaders high in initiating structure are most likely to:

A) monitor subordinates' performance levels.
B) speak up for subordinates' interests.
C) care about subordinates' personal situations.
D) show appreciation for subordinates' work.

Question 37

Building social capital:

A) involves helping a community decide what needs to be done.
B) refers to developing relationships that allow people to work together.
C) involves motivating followers to accomplish short-term and long-term goals.
D) refers to helping a group determine how something needs to be accomplished.

Question 38

According to Hogan and Warrenfelz,which of the following skills is the most difficult to change?

A) Intrapersonal
B) Interpersonal
C) Leadership
D) Business

Question 39

Which of the following leadership questionnaires measured the extent to which leaders in industrial settings exhibited consideration and initiating structure behaviors?

A) LBDQ
B) LOQ
C) LBDQ-XII
D) SBDQ

Question 40

Mobilization is best defined as:

A) allowing individuals to make personal choices about what they can achieve.
B) maintaining relationships that allow people to work together despite their differences.
C) helping a group define its opportunities and issues in ways that result in effective action.
D) engaging a critical mass to take action for the purpose of achieving a specific outcome.

Question 41

What role does societal or organizational culture play in the use and effectiveness of the 360-degree feedback process? Provide examples to illustrate your response.

Question 42

Describe the Leadership Grid model and explain why it can be considered an extension of the Ohio State and University of Michigan studies.

Question 43

What is community leadership? How does community leadership differ from leadership in other organizations,such as private firms or the military?

Question 44

How do leadership behaviors and leadership skills differ? Provide examples to illustrate your response.

Question 45

Compare and contrast intrapersonal skills with interpersonal skills.

Question 46

Compare and contrast the leader behavior research conducted by the Ohio State and University of Michigan.

Question 47

What is a competency model? How do organizations benefit from developing competency models?

Question 48

Based on the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ),what is the difference between consideration and initiating structure? What are the characteristics of leaders that have high levels of each?

Question 49

What is framing in terms of community leadership? Why is framing important?

Question 50

What are the important gender issues related to 360-degree feedback?