MGT 315 Leadership Fall '23 Exam 1

Identify the correct statement regarding leadership.

• Leadership involves administrative paperwork.

• Leadership involves noncoercive influence.

• Leadership involves unidirectional influence.

• Leadership involves maintaining the status quo.

Which of the following is a characteristic of new paradigm leaders?

• They are controllers.

• They are heroes.

• They are stabilizers.

• They are diversity promoters.

The trait approach focuses on

• Follower-leader interaction

• Role of the leader

• Role of the follower

• Role of the organization

A major criticism of the trait approach is

• It’s intuitive appeal

• There is no definitive list of leadership traits

• It highlights the leader component in the leadership process

• Research on leadership traits is fairly new

Which of the following is an example of initiating structure behavior of leaders?

• Showing appreciation

• Directing tasks

• Seeking input from subordinates

• Listening carefully to problems

Answer explanation

Study the Ohio State Studies

A leader who makes sure the personal and social needs of followers are met is displaying

• Country club behaviors

• Authority compliance behaviors

• Middle-of-the-road behaviors

• Impoverished behaviors

Answer explanation

Study Blake & Mouton Leadership Grid

A leader who places high emphasis on job requirements and low emphasis on people is displaying

• Country club behaviors

• Authority compliance behaviors

• Middle-of-the-road behaviors

• Impoverished behaviors

Answer explanation

Study the Blake & Mouton Leadership Grid

A leader who emphasizes communication with followers in both achieving goals as well as meeting social needs would best be described as possessing

• Telling (Directing) style

• Delegating style

• Participating (Supporting) style

• Selling (Coaching) style

Answer explanation

Study Hersey and Blanchard model

According to Fiedler's contingency theory of leadership, which statement is true of task-oriented leaders?

• They are more effective in a situations where they have little authority over subordinates and cannot evaluate their work or reward them.

• They are more effective in situations of moderate favorability.

• They are more effective in favorable situations because the task is not clear to everybody.

• They are more effective when a situation is highly unfavorable because a great deal of structure and task direction is needed.

According to the Vroom-Jago contingency model of leadership, if subordinates have a high level of expertise in relation to a problem, _____.

• the leader should not allow the group to make the decision alone

• the leader has to be actively involved in decision-making

• more responsibility for the decision can be delegated to them

• subordinates will have low commitment to the decision