Mia expresses interest in her employees’ personal and professional lives. She is
employing
a. Task behaviors
b. Process behaviors
c. Relationship behaviors
d. Directing behaviors
Which of the following is not a competency in the skills model?
a. Problem-solving skills
b. Cognitive ability
c. Social judgment skills
d. Knowledge
e. Confidence
The people on my work project team call me aside and share that they are unhappy with
the work of the team leader. They share that they feel I know more than the leader and
they like my style of interacting with them more than the team leader’s. What is
happening in this team?
a. You are emerging as the leader
b. Legitimate power is diminished
c. Personal power is diminished
d. Influence of the team leader has gone up
Which researcher (s) focused on how leaders motivate followers to accomplish
designated goals.
a. Kotter
b. Fisher
c. Hersey and Blanchard
d. House
You have recently been made a department head of the new regional office. In getting to
know your departmental staff, you have noticed that one of your inexperienced
employees is not following through on assigned tasks. She is enthused about her new
job and wants to get ahead in the organization. Which alternative represents the most
effective leadership style?
a. Discuss the lack of follow-through with her and explore possible ways to solve this
problem.
b. Specify what she must do to complete the tasks, but incorporate any suggestions she
may have.
c. Define the steps necessary to complete the assigned tasks and monitor her
performance frequently.
d. Let her know about the lack of follow-through and give her more time to improve her
performance.
Servant leaders do all of the following except
a. Put followers first.
b. Empower followers.
c. Help followers develop full personal capacities.
d. Rely on followers to independently initiate growth.
Followers with an internal locus of control believe
a. That leaders are in charge of events that occur in their lives.
b. That fate and change are in charge of events that occur in their lives.
c. That they are in charge of the events that occur in their lives.
d. That the organization is in charge of the events that occur in their lives.
Our team leader outlined the objectives of our new project and identified our expected
outcomes. Our leader was using which characteristic of team excellence?
a. Clear, elevating goal
b. Clear norms of conduct
c. Collaborative climate
d. Principled leadership
Which of the following strategies did Bennis and Nanus find leaders use in
transforming their organizations?
a. Merit-based rewards
b. Visible recognition and awards for employees
c. Being predictable and reliable to instill trust
d. Challenging the process
One strength of the team leadership model is
a. Its complexity
b. Changes in leaders disrupt the team process
c. Its prescriptive nature
d. Its application to real-life organizations
The early research on LMX theory was called
a. Group classification theory
b. Vertical dyad linkage theory
c. Didactic linkage theory
d. Horizontal dyad linkage theory