Chapter 12
Chapter Quiz
This
activity contains 22 questions.
Which of the
following statements is TRUE?
All
leaders are managers.
All
managers are not leaders.
The
formal rights associated with management provide assurance
that managers can lead effectively.
Non-sanctioned leadership is not as important as formal
influence.
_____ theory
states that people are born with certain characteristics
that predispose them to being leaders.
Trait
Path-goal
LPC
Contingency
When organized
around the Big Five, _____ is the most important trait of
effective leaders.
conscientiousness
emotional stability
courage
extraversion
_____ is the extent
to which a person is likely to have job relationships that
are characterized by mutual trust, respect for employees'
ideas, and regard for their feelings.
Conscientiousness
Consideration
Courage
Extraversion
Fiedler's contingency
model assumes that an individual's leadership style is
_____.
changeable
trained
situational
fixed
According to
Fiedler's contingency theory, if there is NOT a match of
leadership style to the group situation, what should be
done?
Replace
the manager.
Change
the situation to fit the leader.
Both A
and B.
None of
the above.
Hersey and
Blanchard's situational leadership theory differs from other
leadership theories most clearly because it _____.
identifies specific leadership styles
focuses
on the followers
makes
leadership contingent on the situation
uses the
leadership dimensions of task and relationship behaviors
According to
LMX theory, which of the following is NOT true of those
individual's who fall into the out-group?
They get
less of the leader's time.
They
have leader-follower relations based on formal authority
interaction.
They are
trusted.
They get
fewer of the preferred rewards that the leader controls.
A _____ leadership
style, identified by House in path-goal theory, leads to
greater satisfaction when tasks are ambiguous or stressful
than when they are highly structured and well laid out.
directive
supportive
participative
achievement-oriented
The
leader-participation model was developed by _____.
Robert
House
Fred
Fiedler
George
Graen
Vroom
and Yetton
Management is about
coping with complexity while leadership is about coping with
change.
True
False
If trait
research had been successful, it would have provided a basis
for selecting the "right" person to assume formal positions
requiring leadership.
True
False
The University
of Michigan studies' production-oriented leaders tended to
emphasize the technical or task aspects of the job.
True
False
The managerial grid
found that managers perform best under a 1, 1 style.
True
False
Fiedler used the most
preferred co-worker (MPC) scale to identify the preferred
leadership style.
True
False
Fiedler concludes
that since we cannot change individuals, we should
concentrate on changing situations to suit individuals.
True
False
The essence of
cognitive resource theory is that stress is the enemy of
rationality.
True
False
Readiness was defined
by Hersey and Blanchard as the extent to which people have
the ability and willingness to accomplish a specific task.
True
False
The path-goal model
of leadership integrates the expectancy model of motivation
with the Fiedler contingency model.
True
False
The path-goal theory
assumes leaders are flexible and can display different
leadership behavior depending on the situation.
True
False
What traits are
associated with effective leadership?
Describe Fielder's
model of leadership.
