Zandy grew up in a very collectivistic culture, which emphasized on high power distance, but

extremely low gender egalitarianism. Growing up in this culture has really shaped the way he has
turned out be as a person. What are his views likely to be on the following –

a) Teamwork and effective reward systems

b) Encouraging open communication and participation from subordinates

c) Advancement for women

The leaders always try to choose team work to complete the work. Team effort is very essential in the
organizational perspective. The team oriented leaders are very effective in the administration and
capable for achieving organizational goals. The effective team building and proper managing of team
work is a important skill of leaders.

Members of collectivist cultures rely on the context (distance between and position of bodies, eye
contact, gestures, tone of voice)

Social rules focus on promoting selflessness and putting community needs ahead of individual needs.
Working as a group and supporting others is essential. People are encouraged to do what's best for
society. Families and communities have a central role. There is a greater emphasis on common goals
over individual pursuits.
Sally is a hardworking. diligent critical thinking employee who is always looking for the best solutions.
a) What type of a follower is Sally? Explain

Sally is realists follower provide constructive critical thinking and interact with the group and the
leader. If they agree with the current course of action, they will back the leader 100%. Alternatively, if
they disagree, they will challenge the leader, offering constructive alternatives to help the leader and
organization achieve their aims.

Conscientiousness – in abundance - perseverance, drive, hardworking, diligent

b) According to Kelly’s two dimensions of motivation. explain under what circumstances might Sally’s
employment may be threatened. Why do you say so?

Sally is Independent critical thinking (up)

Exemplary – active critical independent thinkers – want to find best solutions. She engage in work
and actively engage in thinking things through. They are independent, creative and will question the
leadership when they think there is a problem. These tend to be very principled people, however they
tend not to work too well for more autocratic leaders who don't want feedback and challenge.
Which of the following is not true about adaptive leadership?

Adaptive leadership allows for followers to freely voice their concerns, freely discuss, participate and
plan

Adaptive leadership is follower-centered

Adaptive leadership excludes followers from doing the work so that leaders can carry out the routine
tasks more efficiently

Adaptive leadership gets work done by followers

Everyone knows he's the problem because of his lack of punctuality. All projects have been delayed,
customers have walked away and company has suffered losses only because of his casual attitude and
inability to meet deadlines. However, because of his special position in the company. no one dares to
have a word with him even though they know that he is the problem. This is

Getting on the balcony

the elephant in the room

adaptive leader

the dark side of leadership

A manager makes the following statement to a subordinate: "I need this report back in five minutes,
and it better be perfect.- which term best describe this type of role conflict

A person-role conflict

intersender role conflict

intrasender role conflict

inerrole conflict

Henry is an overconfident trader. He believes all his decisions are right and that no one can match his
expertise. He never feels the need to consult anyone. He also never encourages his subordinates to
voice their views. In fact, anyone who does is snubbed immediately. Which of the following best
describes Henry?

Altruistic

Charismatic

Utilitarian

Narcissistic
At an olive packing factory. it was found that not all olives packed in the jars were of same grades of
size and quality. In fact, broken, crushed and tiny olives were mixed with large ones. The workers had
packed them all together, without sorting, just to complete the task to they could get paid sooner.
None of the workers cared to select, sort and pack as per the instructions and quality control
requirements. Also, managers could not identify which of the workers were performing poorly. as all
jars went into a common carton after which all the workers got paid equally, irrespective of their
quality of work. This is a clear case of

Over-bounding

Diffusion of responsibility

mind-guarding

Social facilitation

In the context of group roles, which of the following occurs when someone receives inconsistent
signals from several others about expected behavior

role overload

role ambiguity

intrasender role conflict

intersender role conflict

Which of the following is a term that refers to the phenomenon of reduced effort by people when
they are not individually accountable for their work?

punctuated equilibrium

ollieism

social loafing

overbounding

Flatter organizations are more likely to be prevalent in

China and USA

Australia and UK

Australia and China

Singapore and India

According to research, in general, women are more likely to use the following leadership style

Domestic

Directive and tough

Labyrinth and Maze

Participative and democratic

Functional, interdependent roles that are focused on the performance of group tasks are
characteristic of which stage of group development?

Forming

norming

storming

performing

According to research, work cultures with high gender egalitarianism are mostly prevalent in

Denmark. USA. Egypt

Sweden, Denmark and Zambia

USA Egypt. India

Finland, Denmark and Sweden

Followers in the diehard category

Are like bystanders without-involvement

High level of engagement

Have a low level of engagement

Remain detached and carry on with their lives.

In the context of group cohesion, which of the following occurs when illegal actions are taken by
enthusiastic and loyal subordinates who bt what they are doing will please their leaders? • •

role conflict

social loafing

overbounding

ollieism

Jamie, a member of a product development team, is most likely experiencing if she wonders, "Just
what am I supposed to be doing?"

role insufficiency

role overload

role ambiguity

job rotation

Briana ensure that she gives her staff adequate time and space to vent, discuss and express their
views even if they are in complete disagreement. She ensures that they feel safe and secure
expressing their differences and asking for clarifications and justifications during their monthly
meetings. Briana is creating

An elephant in the room

An adaptive challenge

Work for followers

Holding environment

Jane started as a frontline manager, supervising a small team of new recruits. After years of hard and
diligent work she was promoted to the position of a middle level manager, overlooking some
branches. She has been in this position for about 12 years now. She was hoping to be promoted to a
senior level management position but doesn't see much scope. She may be a victim of

Vulnerability and reactance

Adaptive leadership

Mind-guarding

Glass ceiling
Which of the following is a possible solution for groupthink?

using people to block new ideas that are opposed to existing ideas

Isolating the group from outside sources that might bias decision making

increasing group cohesiveness and engaging in more directive leadership techniques

establishing independent individuals or subgroups to make recommendations

Sam is a very strict boss and strongly believes that his extraordinary intelligence and capability is
unmatched. He directs his staff on a daily basis. is unsupportive and doesn't like anyone challenging
him. His staff members include Andrew and Martha who are very hardworking and diligently follow
all instructions: another staff member, Robin who works very quietly without ever objecting to
anything the manager says, even if it's a wrong instruction. Staff member Fiona, on the other hand, is
very dynamic. pro-active and freely expresses her views whenever she sees that the manager's
decisions are not in line with the goal, but she is also highly supportive of the managers when she sees
that the manager's ideas are good. According to Chaleff and Kelly which of the following is true?

Sam is an implementer with supportive leadership style

Andrew and Martha are 'Individualists" as they are active critical thinkers

Fiona is a -partner" and an exemplary follower

Robin Is an "individualist,. an exempla, follower

A store manager asks his employee to keep the outdated stocks of a product at the front of the shelf
so that they can be sold. However, the employee is unwilling to mislead customers as this deception is
inconsistent with the employee's values and beliefs. In this scenario, the employee is most likely to
experience

a person-role conflict.

role overload.

role ambiguity.

an intrasender role conflict.

According to the manager's report - As the group size grew larger and larger, the quality of work
declined, delays became more frequent thus causing greater dissatisfaction among customers. It
became difficult to identify who was actually working who was not. This phenomenon may be termed
as

process losses

groupthink

role conflict

deindividuation

Based on Hofsete's Cultural indicators, which of the following is true?

China is highly individualistic while USA is collectivistic

South Korea and China are highly collectivistic

China and Singapore have low power distance

Australia and USA have high power distance

In the context of group size, which of the following defines subgroups of individuals who often share
the same goals, values, and expectations?

social facilitators

cliques

clusters

social loafers

In the context of the developmental stages of groups, which of the following is a characteristic of the
norming stage?

clear emergence of a leader

polite conversation

heightened emotional level

status differentiation
John cares for all his subordinates. He understands their problems and feels their pain. Fie gives them
time off whenever they require and covers for lot yet them even on his off days. He is so deeply
concerned about each one, that he even sacrifices his personal time for them. This is a clear example
of

Ollieism

Altruism

Egoism

Social facilitation

In the context of the developmental stages of groups, which of the following stages is characterized by
intragroup conflict, heightened emotional levels, levels, and status differentiation?

storming

forming

performing

norming

Although the amusement park has been around for over 5 decades and has been popular with both
locals and tourists. the environment in which the park operates is changing now. A new safe, law
requires some expensive upgrades to be done in order to rneet compliance. The owners also learnt
recently that some of the smaller beach cottages in the area are going to be torn down to make way
for construction of new expensive apartments. Vacationers who will rent these new apartments are
more likely to be looking for different entertainment in the form of golf, deep-sea fishing trips, and
exclusive restaurants rather than this amusement park. Since the changes are likely to result in a
completely new business venture Mr both the owners and the workers, which of the following are
true?

This requires directive leadership because followers have solutions

This requires adaptive leadership because the new challenges and solutions are routine and technical 0

This requires supportive followership because leader has solutions

This requires adaptive leadership because new challenges and solutions are not clearly defined to
anyone
As a senior leader. Tom likes to keep away from the day to day. moment to mornent events of the
company especially when trying to corne up with solutions to problerns. He believes that he can get a
better perspective of things and think more oblectivelY when he detaches himself from the ye, fine
details. This may be terrned at

Getting on the Balcony

Altruism

Utilitarianism

Regulating distress

if an economically unstable state is ruled by autocratic leader who constantly instills ideology of
divide and hate among fonowers who are extremely susceptible and gullible, the situatioA Is likely to
result In

Deontologlcal conduct

Unmet needs

Toxic triangle

Teleological conduct