BUSA c14

Someone with a clear sense of the future and the actions needed to get there is considered a ______ leader.

• task-oriented
• people-oriented
• transactional
• visionary

Leader power = ______ power + ______ power.

• reward; punishment
• reward; expert
• legitimate; position
• position; personal

A manager who says “Because I am the boss, you must do what I ask” is relying on ______ power.

• reward
• legitimate
• expert
• referent

When a leader assumes that others will do as she asks because they want to positively identify with her, she is relying on ______ power to influence their behaviour.

• expert
• referent
• legitimate
• reward

The personal traits now considered important for managerial suc cess include ______.

• self-confidence
• gender
• age
• height

In the leader-behaviour approaches to leadership, someone who does a very good job of planning work, setting standards, and moni toring results would be considered a(n) ______ leader.

• task-oriented
• control-oriented
• achievement-oriented
• employee-centered

When leader behaviour researchers concluded that “high-high” was the pathway to leadership success, what were they referring to?

• High initiating structure and high integrity.
• High concern for task and high concern for people.
• High emotional intelligence and high charisma.
• High job stress and high task goals.

A leader whose actions indicate an attitude of “do as you want, and don’t bother me” would be described as having a(n) ______ leadership style.

• autocratic
• country club
• democratic
• laissez-faire

In Fiedler’s contingency model, both highly favourable and highly unfavourable leadership situations are best dealt with by a ______ leader.

• task-motivated
• laissez-faire
• participative
• relationship-motivated

______ leadership model suggests that leadership style is strongly anchored in personality and therefore hard to change.

• Trait
• Fiedler's
• Transformational
• Path-goal