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Whereas transactional leaders try to get people to do ordinary things,transformational leaders encourage their people to do exceptional things-significantly higher levels of intrinsic motivation,trust,commitment,and loyalty-that can produce significant organizational change and results.

A) True
B) False

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Describe the House path-goal leadership model in its revised form,and identify the two variables that cause one or more to eight from his original four-to be more effective than others.

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It's critical you understand your boss-interpersonal style,leadership style,pressures,goals,expectations,and strengths and weaknesses.To discover these,what are at least four questions might you try asking him or her?

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Questions to ask your boss to better und...

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Leaders especially want ________ who are productive,reliable,honest,cooperative,proactive,and flexible.


A) employers
B) clients
C) superiors
D) followers
E) peers

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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Define full-range leadership.

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Describe at least four ethical things top managers should do to be effective transformational leaders.

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Emily has a charismatic personality,and finds it easy to get others to agree with her.Emily has referent power.

A) True
B) False

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"Do my subordinates accept me as a leader?" This question reflects which of the following dimensions of situational control?


A) leader-member relations
B) task structure
C) position power
D) charisma
E) influence

F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

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According to path-goal theory,effective leaders possess and use one style of leadership.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is not an employee characteristic of relevance in path-goal theory?


A) position power
B) experience
C) need for achievement
D) task ability
E) locus of control

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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______ model of leadership emphasizes that leaders have different sorts of relationships with different employees.


A) Servant
B) Contingency
C) Leader-member exchange (LMX)
D) Transactional
E) Trait

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Studies among employees reveal that most commonly used tactics used to influence others in the workplace were rational persuasion and inspirational appeals.

A) True
B) False

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Employees at Employees Credit Union were really impressed with Ryan,the new CEO.He was the first person who had fully developed a vision for the company about where it could go,and had energized everyone to try to get there.Ryan is a ______ leader.


A) servant
B) shared
C) transactional
D) transformational
E) laissez-faire

F) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

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In the contingency leadership model,the successful leader helps followers by tying meaningful rewards to goal accomplishment.

A) True
B) False

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"Do my subordinates perform unambiguous,easily understood tasks?" This question reflects the dimension of situational control called _____.


A) leader-member relations
B) position power
C) task structure
D) charisma
E) passive leadership

F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

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In the contingency leadership model,the most important component of situational control is position power.

A) True
B) False

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Identify and define the five sources of power.Provide an example of how each might be used,and by whom.

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The five sources of power are:
Legitimat...

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Charismatic leadership is now considered part of ______ leadership.


A) transactional
B) shared
C) laissez-faire
D) transformational
E) servant

F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

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Steve Jobs is an example of a transformational leader;he had a vision of developing an "insanely great" desktop computer.

A) True
B) False

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Fiedler's contingency leadership model determines if a leader's style is _____.


A) task-oriented or relationship-oriented
B) directive,supportive,participative,or achievement-oriented
C) transactional or transformational
D) telling,selling,participating,or delegating
E) charismatic or noncharismatic

F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

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