Clegg Leadership chapter

Which of the following statements describe leadership?

• Leadership is about micromanaging and controlling every aspect of a project.
• Leadership involves guiding and influencing others towards a common goal, making decisions, and taking responsibility for the outcomes.
• Leadership is only about giving orders and expecting others to follow them.
• Leadership is not necessary in a team setting, as everyone can work independently.

The view that leadership performance is a function of the time and place within which the leader acts belongs to which theory?

• Great Man Theory
• Transformational Theory
• Trait Theory
• Contingency Theory

The view that leadership performance is dependent upon personality and genetics comes from which theory?

• Behavioral Theory of Leadership
• Trait Theory of Leadership
• Transformational Theory of Leadership
• Situational Theory of Leadership

The view that leadership is best understood by observing how leaders think and act comes from which theory?

• Situational Theory of Leadership
• Behavioral Theory of Leadership
• Trait Theory of Leadership
• Contingency Theory of Leadership

Which one of the following is NOT characteristic of behavioural theories of leadership?

• Leadership is influenced by situational factors
• Leadership is learned through experience
• Leadership is innate or predetermined
• Leadership is based on individual traits

Which of the following leadership styles is found in House’s Path-Goal theory of leadership?

• concern for production

• concern for people

• participative

• all of these

Leaders who deal with intangible concepts such as vision and change and are able to motivate and inspire people to realize that change, is called ______ leaders.

• transaction
• transformative
• transformational
• transactional

Which of the following leaders mainly focus on clarifying roles and responsibilities, allocating tasks, and providing appropriate rewards for outcomes?

• Transformational leader
• Autocratic leader
• Laissez-faire leader
• Transactional leader

Sometimes you need a ______ leader to hold the ship steady, other times you need a ______ leader to rock the boat and bring about change.

• transformational; transactional

• behavioural; contingency

• behavioural; contingency

• behavioural; contingency

What effect would the creation of ‘Self-Managed Work Teams’ (SMWT) have upon leadership?

• What effect would the creation of ‘Self-Managed Work Teams’ (SMWT) have upon leadership?

• The SMWT would create a fun environment for the leader to work in.

• The SMWT might act as a substitute to leadership and thus decrease the effectiveness of the leader.

• The SMWT might encourage the leader’s tendency to authoritarianism