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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

MGT502 MCQ solved chapter23 Leadership



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______ theories of leadership searched for characteristics that would differentiate leaders from non-leaders.
 
            Behavioral
            LMX
            Trait
            Contingency
 
The Ohio State studies, the University of Michigan studies, and the Managerial Grid are all _____ theories of leadership.
 
            Situational
            Behavioral
            Trait
            Contingency
 
Fiedler's leadership model is the first comprehensive ____ model for leadership.
 
            Contingency
            Trait
            Behavioral
            Charismatic
 
Robert House's ____ is a contingency model of leadership that extracts key elements from the Ohio State leadership research on initiating structure and consideration and the expectancy theory of motivation.
 
            Leader-participation model
            Path-goal theory
            Trait theory
            Managerial grid
 
The model that uses a decision tree incorporating seven contingencies and five alternative leadership style is the:
 

            Leader-participation model
            Ohio State studies
            Path-goal theory
            Managerial grid
 
The type of leader who inspires followers to transcend their own self-interests for the good of the organization and who is capable of having a profound effect on followers is a:
 
            Transactional leader
            Supportive leader
            Directive leader
            Transformational leader
 
Charisma has more direct relevance to explaining the success and failure of managers at which organizational level?
 
            All levels
            Middle levels
            Top levels
            Lower levels
 
Since the creation of a vision is a key component of charisma, and visions typically apply to entire organizations or entire divisions, they tend to be created by top executives. 

Charisma has more direct relevance to explaining the success and failure of managers at top management levels.
 
Recent studies have indicated that _____ is the best predictor of who will emerge as a leader.
 
            Emotional intelligence
            Social interaction
            Loyalty
            IQ
 
EI appears to be especially relevant in jobs that demand a high degree of social interaction. 

Without EI, a person can have outstanding training, a highly analytical mind, a long-term vision, and an endless supply of terrific ideas, but still not make a great leader. EI has been shown to be positively related to job performance at all levels.
 
A situation in which leadership may not be important is when:
 
            Employees are inexperienced.
            Organizations have explicit formalized procedures.
            Jobs are ambiguous.
            Employees lack professionalism.
 
Which of the following is not included in the five dimensions that underlie the concept of trust?
 
            Openness
            Integrity
            Competence
            Resourcefulness
 Research efforts at isolating leadership traits resulted in a number of dead ends.
            True
            False
 
There was very little success in behavioral leadership theories in identifying consistent relationships between patterns of leadership behavior and group performance.
            True
            False
 
Fiedler concluded that there are two ways to improve leader effectiveness: change the situation to fit the leader, or change the leader's style.
            True
            False
Fiedler assumed that an individual's leadership style is fixed. This assumption is important because it means that if a situation required a task-oriented leader and the person in that leadership position is relationship-oriented, either the situation has to be modified or the leader replaced if optimum effectiveness is to be achieved
 
The path-goal theory suggests that a single leader may use all four styles of leadership behavior in different situations.
            True
            False
 
Vroom-Yetton's leader-participation model provides a sequential set of rules that should be followed in determining the form and amount of participation in decision-making.
            True
            False
 
There is a growing body of evidence indicating that charisma may not be generalizable; that is, its effectiveness may be situational.
            True
            False
 
EI is the best indicator of who will emerge as a leader.
            True
            False
 
Certain individual, job, and organizational variables can act as substitutes for leadership.
            True
            False
 
In building trust, it is important to give credit where it's due.
            True
            False