56. What scholar(s) provided grounded research support for the group effectiveness
approach?
a. Hackman and Walton
b. McGrath
c. Larson and LaFasto
d. Hill
The path-goal leader adjusts to the characteristics of the follower and
a. The characteristics of the work setting
b. The characteristics of the team members
c. The prototype of the in-group members
d. The skills of the followers
According to research, which of the following is not a described level of promoting
leadership effectiveness?
a. Interpersonal level
b. Organizational level
c. Governmental level
d. Individual level
The skills approach is primarily
a. Descriptive
b. Prescriptive
c. Unscripted
d. Technical
The directive and supportive behaviors in situational approach
a. Are applied separately depending on followers’ needs
b. Are applied to the same degree in the supportive behavioral style
c. Must be applied together depending on the followers’ needs
d. Must be applied to the same degree in the directive behavioral style
For effective leadership, intelligence of leaders should be
a. Fairly similar to their followers
b. Lower than their followers
c. Significantly higher than their followers’
d.
29. Our organization provides us with the resources we need to complete our team
projects and has a generous bonus system if we exceed standards and meet deadlines.
Which characteristic of team excellence is our organization displaying?
a. Results-driven structure
b. Internal support and recognition
c. External support and recognition
d. Collaborative climate
Which scholar(s) from the Tavistock Institute completed the 17-year “Glacier Project.”
a. Menninger and Levinson
b. Brown and Jacques
c. Zaleznik
d. Freud
In adaptive work
a. The leader identifies the problem
b. The followers identify the problem
c. The people involved together identify and solve the problem
d. The followers do all of the work
A strength of the GLOBE studies is
a. No universal leader attributes were agreed upon, just like the trait approach
b. The skill level of leaders was identified among all nine cultural dimensions
c. The data in the studies included quantitative research methods
d. The classification system used Hofstede’s five dimensions, which are considered
reliable and valid
Henry leads a group of 20 in a fast-paced telemarketing center. He stopped his own
work to console one of his followers who was struggling with a personal issue unrelated
to his work. He is using which servant leader behavior?
a. Helping followers grow and succeed
b. Emotional healing
c. Creating value for the community
d. Empowering
What does the holding environment represent in the adaptive leadership model?
a. The space where adaptive leadership work gets done
b. The balcony space
c. The virtual space for solving technical problems
d. The space where groups can function safely as they work on adaptive problems
LMX can be criticized for failing to fully explain the way high-quality leader-member
exchanges are created.
a. True
b. False
According to path-goal theory, directive communication is least effective when
followers are inexperienced and when the task is unstructured.
a. True
b. False
To achieve team effectiveness, the team leader must
a. Analyze internal situations
b. Analyze external situations
c. Ask team members their opinion
d. Implement appropriate responses