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Which of the following theories is known as the situational model of leadership?

A) Ohio State Studies
B) University of Michigan Studies
C) Life cycle theory of leadership
D) Time-driven model of leadership
E) Herzberg's two-factor theory

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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_____ is broadly defined as the degree to which employees have the ability and the willingness to accomplish their specific tasks.

A) Integration
B) Effectiveness
C) Efficiency
D) Readiness
E) Emergence

F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Transformational leadership has no effect on continuance commitment.

Alice has a deep concern for the welfare of her subordinates and she promotes interactive discussions with them.Alice can be described as a manager who scores high on:

Scenario: Polar Coat Manufacturing Alexandria, Brittney, Nicole, and Dolce are four managers at Polar Coat Manufacturing.Each in their department uses a different decision-making style and believes that their style is the best.Alexandria always presents the problem to her employees, gathers their opinions/suggestions and then makes the decision herself.Brittney gives her employees the responsibility for making the decision within a set of specified boundary conditions.Nicole makes the decision without asking her employees for their opinions/suggestions.Dolce presents the problem to her employees and seeks consensus with an emphasis that her opinion should only count as important as every other employee's in her department.Alexandria is displaying _____ style of decision-making.

With a delegative style, the leader plays no role in the deliberations unless asked.

Making the correct decision is the ultimate means of judging a leader.

During which phase of the leader-member exchange theory does a manager describe role expectations to an employee, with the employee attempting to fulfill those expectations with his/her job behaviors?

Situational Leadership Theory is well supported by many scientific studies.

Inspirational motivation involves behaving in ways that foster an enthusiasm for a shared vision of the future.

Which leader behavior, according to the life cycle theory of leadership, comprises high initiating structure and high consideration?

_____ refers to the notion of who becomes a leader rather than how well people do in a leadership role.

With _____, the leader arranges to monitor mistakes and errors dynamically and takes corrective action when required.

Leader-member exchange theory argues that new leader-member relationships are typically marked by a role taking phase.

There are many factors to consider when leaders choose a decision-making style.The most obvious consideration is the:

Researchers found two particular limitations to trait theory and therefore started looking more at "what leaders do" rather than "who leaders are." The two limitations were 1) that traits had less practical relevance than leader actions, and 2) ______.

Which of the following represents the carrot-and-stick approach to leadership?

Which of the following styles represents avoidance of leadership altogether?

Telling is the optimal combination of leader behaviors at the R3 Stage of readiness.

Which of the following leader behaviors is characterized by low initiating structure and low consideration?