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MGT chapter 14

Pregunta 1 de 25

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_____ is the process of influencing others to achieve group or organizational goals.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Reinforcement

  • Autonomy

  • Leadership

  • Interpersonal influence

  • Transaction

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 25

1

Which of the following statements about leaders and managers is true?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Managers are critical to inspiring employees and setting long-term direction.

  • Leaders are more concerned with means, while managers are more concerned with ends.

  • Organizations need both leaders and managers.

  • Most organizations place greater emphasis on leadership than on management.

  • Leaders are critical to getting out the day-to-day work.

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 25

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Relatively stable characteristics such as abilities, psychological motives, or consistent patterns of behavior, form the basis for the _____ theory of leadership.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Situational

  • Contingency

  • Trait

  • Expectancy

  • Path-goal

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 25

1

Which one of the following traits refers to high levels of effort and is characterized by achievement, motivation, energy, tenacity, and initiative?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Drive

  • Emotional Stability

  • Honesty

  • Integrity

  • Self-confidence

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 25

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According to the Blake/Mouton leadership grid, _____ leadership style occurs when leaders care about having a friendly, enjoyable work environment but don't really pay much attention to production or performance.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • middle-of-the-road

  • team management

  • country club

  • authority-compliance

  • impoverished management

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 25

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Which of the following is an example of a situational theory of leadership?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Fiedler's contingency theory

  • Stimulus-response theory

  • Equity theory of leadership

  • Trait theory

  • Charismatic leadership theory

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 25

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In Fiedler's contingency theory, the term _____ refers to the degree to which a particular condition either permits or denies a leader the chance to influence the behavior of group members.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • situational favorableness

  • initiating structure

  • position power

  • task favorableness

  • cognitive dissonance

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 25

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In Fiedler's contingency theory, the term _____ refers to the degree to which leaders are able to hire, fire, reward, and punish workers.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • authority-compliance

  • position power

  • initiating structure

  • situational favorableness

  • task structure

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 25

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Which of the following is an example of an environmental contingency in path-goal theory?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Locus of control

  • Perceived ability

  • Subordinate performance

  • Task structure

  • Subordinate experience

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 25

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A study was conducted by a company on how leadership behavior influences employees' attitude toward their job. It was found that it is important for leaders to be friendly with and to show concern for their employees to promote job satisfaction. Which of the following leadership behaviors is emphasized in this scenario?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Compliance

  • Achievement orientation

  • Initiating structure

  • Task orientation

  • COnsideration

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 25

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four leadership styles identified in the path-goal theory of leadership?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Participative

  • Supportive

  • Charismatic

  • Achievement-oriented

  • Directive

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 25

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According to the path-goal theory of leadership, which of the following leadership styles involves being friendly and approachable to employees, showing concern for them and their welfare, treating them as equals, and creating a friendly climate?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Leadership empowerment

  • Supportive leadership

  • Directive leadership

  • Achievement-oriented leadership

  • Participative leadership

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 25

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The founder of a medical products distributor, establishes challenging goals for his employees and is confident that they will be able to achieve these goals. In terms of the path-goal theory, the founder is exhibiting a(n) _____ leadership style.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • charismatic

  • participative

  • relationship-oriented

  • supportive

  • Achievement-oriented

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 25

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The _____ is an organization's set of procedures, rules, and policies.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • position power

  • primary work group

  • formal authority system

  • locus of control

  • situational favorableness

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 25

1

The normative decision theory _____.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • states that the situation determines what leadership style to use

  • helps leaders determine how much employee participation should be used in decision making

  • assumes that certain inalienable characteristics determine the most effective leaders

  • assumes leaders are generally unable to change their leadership style

  • assumes leader behavior can be fitted to subordinate characteristics

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 25

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Which of the following is a rule used within normative decision theory to increase decision acceptance?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The subordinate information rule

  • The leader information rule

  • The commitment requirement rule

  • The goal congruence rule

  • The problem structure rule

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 25

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_____ is the ability to anticipate, envision, maintain flexibility, and work with others to initiate change that will create a positive future for an organization.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Autocratic leadership

  • Empathetic leadership

  • Progressive leadership

  • Initiating leadership

  • Strategic leadership

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 25

1

_____ is leadership that creates a positive image of the future that motivates organizational members and provides direction for future planning and goal setting.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Visionary leadership

  • Participative leadership

  • Autocratic leadership

  • Supportive leadership

  • Power-oriented leadership

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 25

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The two types of visionary leadership are _____.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • situational leadership and transactional leadership

  • charismatic leadership and transformational leadership

  • transformational leadership and transactional leadership

  • situational leadership and strategic leadership

  • tactical leadership and charismatic leadership

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 25

1

The two kinds of charismatic leaders are _____.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • optimistic charismatics and pessimistic charismatics

  • visionary and nonvisionary leaders

  • effective charismatics and ineffective charismatics

  • transformational and transactional leaders

  • ethical charismatics and unethical charismatics

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 25

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_____ is a leadership that generates awareness and acceptance of a group's purpose and mission and gets employees to see beyond their own needs and self-interest for the good of the group.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Autocratic leadership

  • Charismatic leadership

  • Transformational leadership

  • Virtual leadership

  • Transactional leadership

Explicación

Pregunta 22 de 25

1

Transformational leaders _____.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • do not allow followers to question assumptions

  • help followers see how their jobs fit with the organization's vision

  • have moral standards that put their interests before everyone else's

  • often rely on discipline to bring performance up to standards

  • do what is best for themselves instead of their organizations

Explicación

Pregunta 23 de 25

1

Transactional leaders often _____.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • put their interests before their organization's needs

  • motivate followers by providing them with meaningful and challenging work

  • pay special attention to individual needs by creating learning opportunities

  • help followers see how their jobs fit with the organization's vision

  • rely too heavily on discipline or threats to bring performance up to standards

Explicación

Pregunta 24 de 25

1

Which type of leader behaviour is demonstrated by a CEO who visits company plants to meet and talk to employees at all levels in order to better understand their concerns and feelings?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Initiating structure

  • Consideration

  • Self-confidence

  • Reciprocity

  • Autonomy

Explicación

Pregunta 25 de 25

1

When an individual is running for a local political office, he or she makes lots of promises to people. When the individual wins the election and assumes office, he or she is often unable to carry out the political promises. In the context of leadership traits, the individual lacks _____.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • drive

  • charisma

  • self-confidence

  • empathy

  • integrity

Explicación

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