MGMT 5920s Test 3

Transactional leaders often serve as role models.

True

False

Flase

Extraversion changes dramatically over a lifetime.

True

False

False

Who helps challenge prevailing views and bring new perspectives to another side

Team lead

Mediator

Arbitrator

Devil's advocate

devils advocate

Which type of leadership relies on rewards and punishments?

Laissez-faire

Transformational

Transactional

Autocratic

Transactional

Which of the following refers to general friendly, calm behavior under st...

Skill

Intelligence

Personality

Learning Style

Personality

Which theory suggests team readiness varies and leadership should ad...

Life cycle theory of leadership

Transformational theory

Behavioral theory

Trait theory

Life cycle theory of leadership

With a delegative leadership style, the leader only steps in if asked.

True

False

True

Agreeableness is a preferred personality trait for the boss.

True

False

False

Faking responses on personality tests can skew results.

True

Flase

True

Feeling like others are at fault for the things that happen to you.

External locus of control

Self-efficacy

Internal locus of control

Satisfying

External locus of control

A management team is best represented by:

A group making car parts

The top group of executives

A group of freelancers

A band on tour

The top group of executives

What is team viability?

The likelihood that the team can work together effectively over time

The number of tasks a team can complete

The ability of a team to exist legally

The diversity of the team

The likelihood that the team can work together effectively over time

Which of the following is an example of a explicit type of knowledge?

Intuition

Reading the employee handbook

Skills learned on the job

Learning through doing

Reading the employee handbook

What is the purpose of initiating structure in leadership?

Create harmony

Inspire followers

Encourage autonomy

Provide direction and organize tasks

Provide direction and organize tasks

The most effective leaders:

Convey a sense of charisma and inspire employees.

Actively structure the tasks for employees.

Treat employees in a courteous manner.

Adopt a "hands-off" approach to managing employees.

Convey a sense of charisma and inspire employees.

__________ leadership involves inspiring followers to commit to a shared vision

Management-by-exception

Transformational

Transactional

Laissez-faire

Transformational

What primarily differentiates a team from a group?

Groups are always task-oriented

Teams have more members than groups

Teams don't need goals

Teams work interdependently with a specific purpose

Teams work interdependently with a specific purpose

Using power and influence to improve processes like deadlines shows ...

Centrality

Collaboration

Leadership

Ingratiation

Leadership

Which type of diversity is more likely to cause team conflict at first?

Deep-level diversity

Role-related diversity

Functional diversity

Surface-level diversity

Surface-level diversity

A team member who avoids interacting with others due to political views.

Diversity awareness

The devil's advocate role

The similarity-attraction effect

Transformational bias

The similarity-attraction effect

Which personality trait is most strongly linked to job performance.

Conscientiousness

Extraversion

Neuroticism

Agreeableness

Conscientiousness

Team task interdependence is __________ correlated with team performance.

strongly and positively

moderately and positively

weakly and positively

weakly and negatively

moderately and positively

Which is NOT one of the three types of team interdependence.

Task

Interpersonal

Goal

Outcome

Interpersonal

Neuroticism is rarely beneficial in any job.

True

False

True

Those who are powerful leaders are still impacted by influence attempts.

True

False

False

The autocratic style of leadership uses low follower control.

True

A leader is someone who has influence alone.

False

An example of an action team is...

A team of construction workers

A well-known band

A group of software engineers

The board of the company

A well-known band

Escalation of commitment means continuing on with a succeeding plan.

True

False

False

A boss that only acts after complaints arise. Their leadership style is:

Active engagement

Passive management-by-exception

Autocratic

Consideration

Passive management-by-exception

Which leadership style avoids involvement completely?

Laissez-faire

Transformational

Passive management-by-exception

Consultative

Laissez-faire

Social identity theory explains group affiliation and in-group bias.

True

False

True

Traits are better at predicting who will become a leader than how effect...

True

False

True

Negative reinforcement means adding something unpleasant after a d...

True

False

False

Types of decision making that are not automatic.

Rational decisions

Programmed decisions

Nonprogrammed decisions

Groupthink decisions

Nonprogrammed decisions

Explains why people can't process all information for perfect decisions.

Rational model

Satisficing

Bounded rationality

Decision fatigue

Bounded rationality

In consultative leadership, the final decision is made by:

The team

The stakeholders

A vote

The leader

The leader

Learning is a relatively permanent change in knowledge or skill.

True

False

True

Stereotyping involves assumptions based on social group membership.

True

False

True

Which leadership style involves correcting mistakes actively?

Transformational

Passive management-by-exception

Laissez-faire

Active management-by-exception.

Active management-by-exception