Question 1

_____, a set of leader behaviors, includes behaviors such as sacrificing for the good of the group, being a role model, and displaying high ethical standards.

Accepted Answer

Idealized influence, the second set of leader behaviors, includes behaviors such as sacrificing for the good of the group, being a role model, and displaying high ethical standards.

Question 2

Which of the following types of leaderships engenders trust, seeks to develop leadership in others, exhibits self-sacrifice and serves as a moral agent?

Accepted Answer

Transformational leaders "engender trust, seek to develop leadership in others, exhibit self-sacrifice and serve as moral agents, focusing themselves and followers on objectives that transcend the more immediate needs of the work group."

Question 3

Transformational leaders transform followers by creating changes in their _____.

Accepted Answer

Transformational leaders transform followers by creating changes in their goals, values, needs, beliefs, and aspirations. They accomplish this transformation by appealing to followers' self-concepts-namely their values and personal identity.

Question 4

Which of the following is true about the transformational model of leadership?

Accepted Answer

The relationship between personality traits and transformational leadership is relatively weak. This suggests that transformational leadership is less traitlike and more susceptible to managerial influence.

Question 5

_____ encompasses the fundamental managerial activities of setting goals, monitoring progress toward goal achievement, and rewarding and punishing people for their level of goal accomplishment.

Accepted Answer

Transactional leadership encompasses the fundamental managerial activities of setting goals, monitoring progress toward goal achievement, and rewarding and punishing people for their level of goal accomplishment.

Question 6

Which of the following is true about transformational leadership?

Accepted Answer

Transformational leaders can produce significant organizational change and results because this form of leadership fosters higher levels of employee engagement, trust, commitment, and loyalty from followers than transactional leadership.

Question 7

Which of the following is true about transactional leadership?

Accepted Answer

Transactional leadership is based on using rewards and punishment to drive motivation and performance.

Question 8

The LMX model is based on the assumption that:

Accepted Answer

Most models of leadership assume a leader treats all employees in about the same way. In contrast, the LMX model is based on the assumption that leaders develop unique one-to-one relationships with each of the people reporting to them.

Question 9

Jim is the daytime supervisor for an automobile assembly line. He supervises forty-five workers who perform routine jobs that require minimal training. Which of the following suggests that Jim follows the transactional model of leadership?

Accepted Answer

Transactional leadership encompasses the fundamental managerial activities of setting goals, monitoring progress toward goal achievement, and rewarding and punishing people for their level of goal accomplishment.

Question 10

Transformational leaders:

Accepted Answer

Transformational leaders can be ethical or unethical. Whereas ethical transformational leaders enable employees to enhance their self-concepts, unethical ones select or produce obedient, dependent, and compliant followers.

Question 11

Jim is the daytime supervisor for an automobile assembly line. He supervises forty-five workers who perform routine jobs that require minimal training. Which of the following suggests that Jim follows the transformational model of leadership?

Accepted Answer

Transformational leaders "engender trust, seek to develop leadership in others, exhibit self-sacrifice and serve as moral agents, focusing themselves and followers on objectives that transcend the more immediate needs of the work group.

Question 12

According to the path-goal leadership theory:

Accepted Answer

There are three important takeaways from House's path-goal theory. One of these is that effective leaders possess and use more than one style of leadership.

Question 13

Which of the following managerial implications underscores the support for transformational leadership?

Accepted Answer

Employees at any level in an organization can be trained to be more transactional and transformational. This reinforces the organizational value of developing and rolling out a combination of transactional and transformational leadership training for all employees.

Question 14

_____ focuses on clarifying employees' role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance.

Accepted Answer

Transactional leadership focuses on clarifying employees' role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance.

Question 15

According to the path-goal theory, when a manager presents the work group in a positive light to others and maintains positive relationships with influential others, he or she exemplifies _____ behavior.

Accepted Answer

According to the leader behavior categories of path-goal theory, when a manager presents the work group in a positive light to others and maintains positive relationships with influential others, he or she exemplifies representation and networking behavior.

Question 16

Which of the following is true about the Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) model of leadership?

Accepted Answer

The leader-member exchange model of leadership revolves around the development of dyadic relationships between managers and their direct reports. It focuses on the quality of relationships between managers and subordinates as opposed to the behaviors or traits of either leaders or followers.

Question 17

Avoiding conflict, failing to assist employees, failing to give performance feedback, or being a hands-off leader are examples of the _____ model of leadership

Accepted Answer

The authors of the full-range model of leadership proposed that leadership behavior varied along a continuum from laissez-faire leadership-a general failure to take responsibility for leading-to transactional leadership to transformational leadership. Examples of laissez-faire leadership include avoiding conflict, surfing the Internet during work, failing to assist employees in setting performance goals, failing to give performance feedback, or being so hands-off that employees have little idea about what they should be doing.

Question 18

One of the key sets of leader behavior, referred to as _____, involves establishing an attractive vision of the future, the use of emotional arguments, and exhibition of optimism and enthusiasm.

Accepted Answer

Transformational leaders engage in four key sets of leader behavior. One of these sets, referred to as inspirational motivation, involves establishing an attractive vision of the future, the use of emotional arguments, and exhibition of optimism and enthusiasm.

Question 19

_____ leadership represents a general failure to take responsibility for leading.

Accepted Answer

The authors of the full-range model of leadership proposed that leadership behavior varied along a continuum from laissez-faire leadership-a general failure to take responsibility for leading-to transactional leadership to transformational leadership.

Question 20

A key managerial implication of path-goal theory is that:

Accepted Answer

There are three important takeaways from House's path-goal theory. One of these is that a small set of employee characteristics and environmental factors) are relevant contingency factors. Managers are advised to modify their leadership style to fit these various employee and task characteristics.

Quiz 16: Leadership