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A leadership prototype is a mental representation of the traits and behaviors that people believe are possessed by leaders.

A) True
B) False

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Servant leadership is the same thing as laissez-faire leadership.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is not considered a contingency factor in House's path-goal theory?


A) Employee's need for clarity
B) Employee's need for achievement
C) Task structure
D) Work group dynamics
E) Leader acceptance

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

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What should a manager learn from behavioral styles theory?

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There are three takeaways from behaviora...

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Identify the general strategies for practical application of situational theories of leadership. Give an example illustrating how this should be done.

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Five general strategies for practical ap...

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Briefly discuss what leaders want from followers, and what followers want from leaders. What can an individual do to become a better follower?

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Leaders obviously want followers who are...

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One of the employee characteristics in House's path-goal model is locus of control.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is not an implication of transformational leadership?


A) Transformational leaders may be unethical
B) Transformational leadership cannot work virtually
C) Transformational leadership affects individual, group, and organizational effectiveness
D) The best leaders are not just transformational
E) The first step of transformational leadership is inspirational motivation

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

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Fiedler's contingency model and expectancy theory are two situational theories of leadership.

A) True
B) False

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Demographic traits such as gender and age influence an individual's use of leader behaviors.

A) True
B) False

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________ theory is based on the idea that people have beliefs about how leaders should behave and what they should do for their followers.


A) Transformational leadership
B) Transactional leadership
C) Implicit leadership
D) Explicit leadership
E) Servant leadership

F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Research has shown that men and women are equally assertive.

A) True
B) False

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The dimensions of situational control in Fiedler's model are:


A) LMX, task structure, and work facilitation
B) Locus of control, task ability, and need for achievement
C) Task structure and work group dynamics
D) Leader-member relations, task structure, and position power
E) LMX, task structure, and personal power

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

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Describe the behavioral styles approach to leadership effectiveness. Identify and define the major categories of leader behaviors that have been studied.

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Being a leader requires holding a formal position of authority.

A) True
B) False

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A mental representation of the traits and behaviors that people believe are possessed by leaders is known as an:


A) Cognitive map
B) Leadership prototype
C) Path-goal schema
D) Situational construct
E) Follower construct

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

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Which of the following statements about assessing leadership effectiveness is true?


A) Leadership effectiveness is simply gaining commitment with our influence attempts
B) Leadership can be assessed at the level of the individual leader, but not at group or organizational levels
C) Assessing leadership effectiveness is independent of whom is doing the assessment
D) The criteria for assessing leadership effectiveness are always clear
E) Evaluation of leadership effectiveness depends on what the evaluator wants

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

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The leadership theory that is based on the assumption that leaders develop unique one-to-one relationships with each of the people reporting to them is:


A) Leader-member exchange
B) Servant leadership
C) Transformational
D) Transactional
E) House's path-goal

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

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Leaders need cognitive abilities to derive effective solutions in short time spans with limited information.

A) True
B) False

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