OB-12

The view that leadership is a role, not a position assigned to one person, such that people within the team and organization lead each other is called:

• Democratic leadership.

• Shared leadership.

• Multi-source leadership

• Informal leadership.

Which of these statements about shared leadership is FALSE?

• It suggests that leadership is plural, not singular

• Shared leadership lacks formal authority

• Shared leadership is a concept rooted in socialism and the cooperative movement.

• Shared leadership flourishes in organizations where the formal leaders are willing to delegate power to employees.

An effective strategic vision must include all of these identifiable features, EXCEPT:

• an idealized future with a higher purpose.

• it is necessarily abstract.

• it needs to be meaningful and appealing to employees.

• it needs to be easily understood by all.

Which leadership theory or perspective adopts the view that leaders are agents of change?

• Transformational perspective

• Path-goal theory

• Implicit leadership perspective

• Leadership substitutes

Which of the following would NOT be considered transformational leadership?

• Do things that are consistent with the new corporate vision.

• Show employees how to perform the job more efficiently.

• Use metaphors and unique language to symbolize the new vision.

• Create a new setting or arrangement to mark a change in direction for the organization.

________ represents the heart of transformational leadership.

• Charisma

• Communication

• Strategic vision

• Acting visionary

_______ leadership includes behaviours that define and structure work roles.

• Staff-oriented

• Work-oriented

• Goal-oriented

• Task-oriented

Which leadership style identified in the path-goal theory is most similar to people-oriented leadership?

• Directive

• Participative

• Task-oriented.

• Supportive

The situational leadership theory states that the best leadership style depends on:

• the cognitive abilities of followers.

• the availability of leadership substitutes.

• the leader's capacity to walk the talk

• the ability and motivation of followers

Fiedler's contingency model of leadership has made an important and lasting contribution to the study of leadership because it:

• is the only leadership theory to adopt a contingency approach.

• was the first theory to recognize the existence of leadership substitutes.

• suggests that leaders tend to rely mainly on one style that is most consistent with their personality and values.

• discovered that effective leaders do not have a common set of competencies.