Revision: MCQ Chapter 13 Leadership

The ‘great person’ theory is another name for the ____ theory of leadership.

• trait
• behavioural
• situational
• path-goal

Leaders who possess the trait of ____ are more decisive and assertive and more likely to gain others' confidence.

• emotional stability
• integrity
• self-confidence
• drive

United Fruit Company is the owner of the Chiquita brand of bananas. To get the bananas picked, United Fruit uses a leadership style high in ____ and emphasises how the fruit is to be picked and packed for transportation. It shows no concern for the workers.

• achievement
• charisma
• consideration
• initiating structure

Doris Cunningham, CEO of Credit Union VIC, believes keeping staff excited about the business they're in is one of a leader's primary roles. She believes a spirit of enthusiasm must start at the top. ‘I've been in the movement for 35 years,’ she says. ‘I have the credit union philosophy. And I really try to instil that in my employees’. This indicates that Cunningham is high in:

• achievement
• charisma
• consideration
• initiating structure

A CEO who tours company plants to meet and talk to employees at all levels in order to better understand their concerns and feelings is demonstrating which type of leader behaviour?

• Consideration
• Leader formalisation
• Autonomy
• Reciprocity

Research shows that while initiating structure impacts primarily on ____, consideration impacts primarily on ____.

• job satisfaction; job performance
• job performance; job satisfaction
• job performance; motivational drive
• job satisfaction; worker synergy

Under the leadership of Michael Eisner, Walt Disney Company developed an ‘executive-centric, Eisner-centric culture’ – whatever Eisner wanted to happen, he made happen. In terms of the path-goal theory, Eisner used a(n) ____ leadership style to improve Disney’s profitability.

• achievement-oriented
• supportive
• directive
• charismatic

Pat Kelly, founder and CEO of PSS World Medical, a distributor of medical products, establishes ambitious goals for his employees and is confident that his employees will be able to achieve these goals. In terms of the path-goal theory, Kelly is exhibiting a(n) ____ leadership.

• participative
• achievement-oriented
• directive
• supportive

Transformational leaders:

• support their employees by prioritising administrative tasks
• allow employees to work autonomously with minimal intervention
• help followers see how their jobs fit with the organisation’s vision
• subordinate their own needs to develop their employees

Transactional leaders:

• reward followers for good behaviour and punish followers for poor behaviour
• help followers see how their jobs fit with the organisation’s vision
• pay special attention to individual needs by creating learning opportunities
• motivate followers by providing them with meaningful and challenging work