POP Quiz 9

Persons who are able to influence others and who possess managerial authority are termed

• entrepreneurs

• leaders

• managers

• visionaries

In working with his employees, Carlos involves them in decision making and encourages them to participate in deciding their work methods and goals. Carlos's leadership style can best be described as ________.

• autocratic

• laissez-faire

• democratic

• participative

Susan has a reputation of being fair, helpful, and understanding. She even helped her subordinate overcome a personal crisis. Which one of the following dimensions of leadership is Susan displaying here?

• Consideration

• Initiating structure

• Employee orientation

• Task orientation

The degree to which the job assignments are formalized and proceduralized is the ________ contingency dimension identified by Fiedler.

• production orientation

• initiating structure

• task structure

• organizational structure

According to Hersey and Blanchard, a high task-low relationship situation calls for the ________ leadership style.

• delegating

• telling

• participating

• selling

The path-goal theory is a(n) ________ model of leadership that extracts key elements from the expectancy theory of motivation.

• fixed

• alternative

• contingency

• untested

Derek heads a team of ten research analysts in Deutsche Bank. Even though he is least impressed with Cara among all his subordinates, when asked about her work he chose to focus on her strengths rather than her weaknesses. Derek can be described as a task-oriented leader.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Bill expects his employees to wonder "What's in it for me?" when he assigns extra tasks to them, so he is ready with an answer about the reward for their work. Bill is a(n) ________ leader.

• situational

• transformational

• transactional

• charismatic

________ leaders move beyond their own self-interest to help followers grow and develop.

• Servant

• Authentic

• Charismatic

• Transformational

Ethical leaders place public safety ahead of profits.

• TRUE

• FALSE