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Men were seen as displaying both more task and social leadership than women.

A) True
B) False

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Question 42

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_________ involves leader behavior associated with creating mutual respect or trust and focuses on a concern for group members' needs and desires.

A) Empowerment
B) Transformational leadership
C) Servant leadership
D) Consideration
E) Laissez-faire leadership

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

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A situation with poor leader-member relations, low task structure, and weak position power would be considered to be a low-control situation.

Joaquin is usually the first one to volunteer at the weekly team meetings to take on additional tasks like taking notes for the meeting. Joaquin would probably be categorized as a(n) :

Psychological empowerment reflects employees' belief that they have control over their work.

According to Fiedler's theory, a moderate-control situation favors a __________ leader.

Effective leadership is influenced by four types of leadership behavior: task-oriented, relationship-oriented, group-oriented, and organizationally oriented.

Empowering leadership focuses on increased service to others rather than to oneself.

When a leader is encouraging employees to question the status quo and seek innovative and creative solutions to organizational problems, he or she is engaging in:

Kevin manages a group of eight project engineers, all of whom have worked for the company for over five years. Almost every day, Kevin and Joe, Carlos, and Kim, who are three of his subordinates, go to the cafeteria and play bridge while eating lunch. Joe, Carlos, and Kim receive very good performance reviews and are typically given the most challenging projects. What theory best explains this situation?

A person who has a self-centered perspective, feelings of superiority, and a drive for personal power and glory is known as:

Leaders increase psychological empowerment by engaging in behaviors that enhance perceptions of:

According to House's path-goal theory, when the task structure is high, employees work on routine and simple tasks; for this type of situation, supportive leadership is most useful.

Define transformational leadership and its components, and describe how it works. What are the implications of transformational leadership for managers?

Although research and practitioners support the logic of situational leadership, the practical application of such theories has not been clearly developed.

Describe the leader-member exchange model of leadership. What are the implications for management of this theory?

Organizational cultures that are adaptive and flexible are more likely to create environments that foster the opportunity for transformational leadership to be exhibited.

In empowering employees, to lead for competence, managers should:

Of the types of followers, rebels distance themselves from the leadership and show less compliance than others.

Leader behavior that organizes and defines what group members should be doing to maximize output is called: