Question 1

An insurance adjuster is highly experienced but lacks confidence in her abilities,particularly on new assignments.She seems to believe that any new accomplishments are due more to luck than her own expertise.Moreover,her work involves interacting with clients who are sometimes aggressive or hostile.This is a stressful situation to most insurance adjusters,including this employee.Use path-goal theory to identify the best leadership style(s)that this employee's immediate supervisor should use to improve her effectiveness as an insurance adjuster.

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According to path-goal theory,the leader...

Question 2

Effective leaders are good at perceiving and expressing emotions,as well as regulating emotions in themselves and others.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The behavioural perspective of leadership identifies two leadership styles that have been adopted by other leadership theories.Describe the two leadership styles in the behavioural perspective and identify one other leadership theory that applies these styles.

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The behavioural perspective of leadershi...

Question 4

According to the leadership substitutes theory,characteristics of the employee,task,or organization limit the leader's influence or make it unnecessary.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

One implication of the leadership competency approach is that leadership is found among senior executives rather than people in lower-level positions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Implicit leadership theory explains differences in leadership practices across cultures.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Leadership competencies or traits have been discussed since the earliest times of recorded civilization.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

How do women differ from men in their use of leadership styles?

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A)   Women tend to use more of the people-oriented leadership style than do men
B)   Women tend to use more of the participative leadership style than do men.
C)   Women tend to use more of the task-oriented leadership style than do men.
D)   Women and men use all leadership styles to about the same extent.
E)   Organizational behaviour research has not studied the relative tendency of men and women to use certain leadership styles.

Question 9

Which leadership perspective takes the view that leadership is a characteristic of the person?

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A)   Transactional perspective of leadership.
B)   Competency (trait)  perspective of leadership.
C)   Behavioural perspective of leadership.
D)   Path-goal leadership.
E)   All of these take the view that leadership is a characteristic of the person.

Question 10

Which leadership perspectives or theories explicitly consider the leader's task-oriented and people-oriented styles?

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A)   Competency.
B)   Behavioural.
C)   Path-goal.
D)   Competency, behavioural, and path-goal explicitly consider task-oriented and people-oriented styles.
E)   Both behavioural perspective and path-goal theory consider task-oriented and people-oriented styles.

Question 11

Fiedler's contingency model of leadership suggests that the best leadership style depends on the degree of power and influence the leader possesses in the situation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Scholars recommend that transformational leadership should be used instead of transactional leadership.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Path-goal theory states that leaders should apply the participative style when:

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A)   the employee has an external locus of control.
B)   the employee lacks job experience.
C)   the task is routine.
D)   all of these conditions exist.
E)   none of these conditions exist.

Question 14

Servant leadership is most closely associated with:

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A)   path-goal leadership.
B)   the implicit leadership perspective.
C)   the competency perspective of leadership.
D)   the behavioural perspective of leadership.
E)   transformational leadership.

Question 15

Recent studies reveal that the concept and features of leadership are similar around the world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Discuss the accuracy of the following statement: 'Women are less effective than men in leadership positions because they tend to rely too much on the supportive style of leadership.'

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This statement is definitely false.First...

Question 17

What is the relevance of emotional intelligence in leadership?

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A)   Emotional intelligence is one of the most frequently identified contingencies of employees when choosing the best leadership style.
B)   Emotional intelligence is one of the competencies of effective leaders.
C)   Emotional intelligence is the psychological condition that makes people want to believe that leaders make a difference.
D)   Researchers who conduct leadership studies tend to have a higher level of emotional intelligence than researchers who study other organizational behaviour topics.
E)   Emotional intelligence is not relevant to the study of leadership.

Question 18

Path-goal leadership theory includes directive,supervisory,and integrity leadership styles.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Path-goal theory states that directive leadership is NOT an effective leadership style when:

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A)   the employee's job is highly structured.
B)   the employee likes to be told what to do.
C)   the employee's job is highly complex.
D)   the employee doesn't know what is expected of him or her.
E)   Directive leadership is NOT an effective leadership style when any of these conditions exist.

Question 20

One problem with path-goal theory is that:

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A)   it has very little research support.
B)   some elements of the theory have not yet been studied.
C)   it ignores the possibility that the best leadership style depends on the situation.
D)   it overlooks the two dimensions of leadership identified in the behavioural perspective of leadership.
E)   it ignores team dynamics as a possible contingency of leadership.

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Scholars recommend that transformational leadership should be used instead of transactional leadership.

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Effective leaders are good at perceiving and expressing emotions,as well as regulating emotions in themselves and others.

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One implication of the leadership competency approach is that leadership is found among senior executives rather than people in lower-level positions.

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Recent studies reveal that the concept and features of leadership are similar around the world.

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Servant leadership is most closely associated with:

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Path-goal theory states that leaders should apply the participative style when:

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Path-goal leadership theory includes directive,supervisory,and integrity leadership styles.

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The behavioural perspective of leadership identifies two leadership styles that have been adopted by other leadership theories.Describe the two leadership styles in the behavioural perspective and identify one other leadership theory that applies these styles.

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Which leadership perspectives or theories explicitly consider the leader's task-oriented and people-oriented styles?

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According to the leadership substitutes theory,characteristics of the employee,task,or organization limit the leader's influence or make it unnecessary.

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Discuss the accuracy of the following statement: 'Women are less effective than men in leadership positions because they tend to rely too much on the supportive style of leadership.'

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Which leadership perspective takes the view that leadership is a characteristic of the person?

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How do women differ from men in their use of leadership styles?

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Path-goal theory states that directive leadership is NOT an effective leadership style when:

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Fiedler's contingency model of leadership suggests that the best leadership style depends on the degree of power and influence the leader possesses in the situation.

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Leadership competencies or traits have been discussed since the earliest times of recorded civilization.

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What is the relevance of emotional intelligence in leadership?

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Implicit leadership theory explains differences in leadership practices across cultures.

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One problem with path-goal theory is that:

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Fiedler's contingency model of leadership suggests that the best leadership style depends on the degree of power and influence the leader possesses in the situation.

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