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MGT chapter 14

Frage 1 von 25

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_____ is the process of influencing others to achieve group or organizational goals.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Reinforcement

  • Autonomy

  • Leadership

  • Interpersonal influence

  • Transaction

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Frage 2 von 25

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Which of the following statements about leaders and managers is true?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Managers are critical to inspiring employees and setting long-term direction.

  • Leaders are more concerned with means, while managers are more concerned with ends.

  • Organizations need both leaders and managers.

  • Most organizations place greater emphasis on leadership than on management.

  • Leaders are critical to getting out the day-to-day work.

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Frage 3 von 25

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Relatively stable characteristics such as abilities, psychological motives, or consistent patterns of behavior, form the basis for the _____ theory of leadership.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Situational

  • Contingency

  • Trait

  • Expectancy

  • Path-goal

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Frage 4 von 25

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Which one of the following traits refers to high levels of effort and is characterized by achievement, motivation, energy, tenacity, and initiative?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Drive

  • Emotional Stability

  • Honesty

  • Integrity

  • Self-confidence

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Frage 5 von 25

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According to the Blake/Mouton leadership grid, _____ leadership style occurs when leaders care about having a friendly, enjoyable work environment but don't really pay much attention to production or performance.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • middle-of-the-road

  • team management

  • country club

  • authority-compliance

  • impoverished management

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Frage 6 von 25

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Which of the following is an example of a situational theory of leadership?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Fiedler's contingency theory

  • Stimulus-response theory

  • Equity theory of leadership

  • Trait theory

  • Charismatic leadership theory

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Frage 7 von 25

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In Fiedler's contingency theory, the term _____ refers to the degree to which a particular condition either permits or denies a leader the chance to influence the behavior of group members.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • situational favorableness

  • initiating structure

  • position power

  • task favorableness

  • cognitive dissonance

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Frage 8 von 25

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In Fiedler's contingency theory, the term _____ refers to the degree to which leaders are able to hire, fire, reward, and punish workers.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • authority-compliance

  • position power

  • initiating structure

  • situational favorableness

  • task structure

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Frage 9 von 25

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Which of the following is an example of an environmental contingency in path-goal theory?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Locus of control

  • Perceived ability

  • Subordinate performance

  • Task structure

  • Subordinate experience

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Frage 10 von 25

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A study was conducted by a company on how leadership behavior influences employees' attitude toward their job. It was found that it is important for leaders to be friendly with and to show concern for their employees to promote job satisfaction. Which of the following leadership behaviors is emphasized in this scenario?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Compliance

  • Achievement orientation

  • Initiating structure

  • Task orientation

  • COnsideration

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Frage 11 von 25

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four leadership styles identified in the path-goal theory of leadership?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Participative

  • Supportive

  • Charismatic

  • Achievement-oriented

  • Directive

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Frage 12 von 25

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According to the path-goal theory of leadership, which of the following leadership styles involves being friendly and approachable to employees, showing concern for them and their welfare, treating them as equals, and creating a friendly climate?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Leadership empowerment

  • Supportive leadership

  • Directive leadership

  • Achievement-oriented leadership

  • Participative leadership

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Frage 13 von 25

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The founder of a medical products distributor, establishes challenging goals for his employees and is confident that they will be able to achieve these goals. In terms of the path-goal theory, the founder is exhibiting a(n) _____ leadership style.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • charismatic

  • participative

  • relationship-oriented

  • supportive

  • Achievement-oriented

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Frage 14 von 25

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The _____ is an organization's set of procedures, rules, and policies.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • position power

  • primary work group

  • formal authority system

  • locus of control

  • situational favorableness

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Frage 15 von 25

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The normative decision theory _____.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • states that the situation determines what leadership style to use

  • helps leaders determine how much employee participation should be used in decision making

  • assumes that certain inalienable characteristics determine the most effective leaders

  • assumes leaders are generally unable to change their leadership style

  • assumes leader behavior can be fitted to subordinate characteristics

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Frage 16 von 25

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Which of the following is a rule used within normative decision theory to increase decision acceptance?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The subordinate information rule

  • The leader information rule

  • The commitment requirement rule

  • The goal congruence rule

  • The problem structure rule

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Frage 17 von 25

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_____ is the ability to anticipate, envision, maintain flexibility, and work with others to initiate change that will create a positive future for an organization.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Autocratic leadership

  • Empathetic leadership

  • Progressive leadership

  • Initiating leadership

  • Strategic leadership

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Frage 18 von 25

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_____ is leadership that creates a positive image of the future that motivates organizational members and provides direction for future planning and goal setting.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Visionary leadership

  • Participative leadership

  • Autocratic leadership

  • Supportive leadership

  • Power-oriented leadership

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Frage 19 von 25

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The two types of visionary leadership are _____.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • situational leadership and transactional leadership

  • charismatic leadership and transformational leadership

  • transformational leadership and transactional leadership

  • situational leadership and strategic leadership

  • tactical leadership and charismatic leadership

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Frage 20 von 25

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The two kinds of charismatic leaders are _____.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • optimistic charismatics and pessimistic charismatics

  • visionary and nonvisionary leaders

  • effective charismatics and ineffective charismatics

  • transformational and transactional leaders

  • ethical charismatics and unethical charismatics

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Frage 21 von 25

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_____ is a leadership that generates awareness and acceptance of a group's purpose and mission and gets employees to see beyond their own needs and self-interest for the good of the group.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Autocratic leadership

  • Charismatic leadership

  • Transformational leadership

  • Virtual leadership

  • Transactional leadership

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Frage 22 von 25

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Transformational leaders _____.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • do not allow followers to question assumptions

  • help followers see how their jobs fit with the organization's vision

  • have moral standards that put their interests before everyone else's

  • often rely on discipline to bring performance up to standards

  • do what is best for themselves instead of their organizations

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Frage 23 von 25

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Transactional leaders often _____.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • put their interests before their organization's needs

  • motivate followers by providing them with meaningful and challenging work

  • pay special attention to individual needs by creating learning opportunities

  • help followers see how their jobs fit with the organization's vision

  • rely too heavily on discipline or threats to bring performance up to standards

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Frage 24 von 25

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Which type of leader behaviour is demonstrated by a CEO who visits company plants to meet and talk to employees at all levels in order to better understand their concerns and feelings?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Initiating structure

  • Consideration

  • Self-confidence

  • Reciprocity

  • Autonomy

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Frage 25 von 25

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When an individual is running for a local political office, he or she makes lots of promises to people. When the individual wins the election and assumes office, he or she is often unable to carry out the political promises. In the context of leadership traits, the individual lacks _____.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • drive

  • charisma

  • self-confidence

  • empathy

  • integrity

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