Answers:

1. A
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. D
Exercises for Chapter 12

1. Leadership is best defined as ________.

A) the ability to influence a group in goal achievement
B) keeping order and consistency in the midst of change
C) implementing the vision and strategy provided by management
D) coordinating and staffing the organization and handling day-to-day problems
E) not a relevant variable in modern organizations

2. There is fairly strong evidence that traits can predict ________ more accurately
than leadership effectiveness.
A) leadership emergence
B) extroversion in leaders
C) leadership awareness
D) leadership competence
E) the conscientiousness of leaders

3. The two dimensions of leadership behavior identified in the University of Michigan

studies are ________.
A) coercion and motivation
B) emotional and rational
C) employee-oriented and production-oriented
D) initiating structure and consideration
E) initiation and completion

4. The University of Michigan studies define a(n) ________ leader as one who takes a
personal interest in the needs of his/her subordinates.
A) LMX
B) contextual
C) employee-oriented
D) consensus-building
E) consummate

5. Which model represents the theory that effective group performance depends on
the proper match between a leader's style and the degree to which the situation gives
control to the leader?
A) Leader-Member Exchange Model
B) Fiedler's Contingency Model
C) Hersey and Blanchard's Situational Leadership Model
D) Vroom and Yetton's Leader-Participation Model
E) none of the above

6. Hersey and Blanchard's leadership theory differs from other leadership theories
primarily because it ________.
A) explores the role of the expectations of the leader for the follower
B) focuses on the followers
C) holds that leadership style should be dependent on the situation
D) is normative
E) deals strictly and exclusively with contingencies

7. In Fiedler's model, if a respondent describes his or her least preferred co-worker in

relatively positive terms, then the respondent is considered to be ________.
A) relationship-oriented
B) people-oriented
C) consensus-building
D) consideration-focused
E) unrealistic

8. If a survey respondent sees his or her least preferred co-worker in unfavorable

terms, Fiedler would categorize the respondent as ________.
A) overly critical
B) task-oriented
C) emotionally deficient
D) insightful
E) laissez-faire

9. The degree to which job assignments are procedurized is classified in the Fiedler
model as ________.
A) leader-member relations
B) task orientation
C) task structure
D) initiating structure
E) productivity oriented

10. Hersey and Blanchard developed which of the following?

A) situational leadership theory
B) cognitive resource theory
C) managerial grid model
D) path-goal theory
E) cognitive orientation model

11. Hersey and Blanchard's leadership theory differs from other leadership theories
primarily because it ________.
A) explores the role of the expectations of the leader for the follower
B) focuses on the followers
C) holds that leadership style should be dependent on the situation
D) is normative
E) deals strictly and exclusively with contingencies

12. What theory was developed by Robert House?

A) cognitive resource model
B) decision theory
C) leader-member exchange theory
D) path-goal theory
E) situational leadership theory