contingency leadership Theories

Which of the following below is not the limitation of contingency theory?

• Focuses only on situation

• Complex

• Predicative

• Difficult empirical testing

All of the following are characteristics of substitutes for leadership except

• Organization

• Power

• Task

• Subordinate

According to Fiedler's recommendation, which one of the following option is unchangeable?

• Relationship

• Task

• Leadership style

• Power

The term "situational favorableness" refers to all of the following, except

• Leader-member relation

• Position power

• Task structure

• LPC scale

I am doing a task, I do not really understand and need some specific guide to complete this task. Which leadership style will help me to complete the task?

• Directive behaviour

• Achievement behaviour

• Supportive behaviour

• Participative behavior

Which of the following is not a leader behavior in path–goal theory?

• Directive

• Supportive

• Delegating

• Participative

As a headmaster, you realized that one of the newly posted teachers did not know how to perform the assigned task. The teacher is passionate and wants to do the assigned task. What will you do?

• Discuss the lack of follow-through with her and explore the alternative ways this problem can be solved

• Specify what she must do to complete the tasks but incorporate any suggestions she may have

• Define the steps necessary for her to complete the assigned tasks and monitor her performance frequently.

• Let her know about the lack of follow-through and give her more time to improve her performance.

According to Tannenbaum and Schmidt, if one has to make a choice of the leadership style which is practicable and desirable, then his answer will depend upon the following factors, except:

• Forces in the Manager

• Forces in the situation

• Forces in the subordinate

• Forces in Client

How many decision making strategies in Normative Decision Model?

• 5

• 6

• 4

• 7