Dave owns a construction company. He has a group of labourers that are extremely conscientious. They are always doing the dirty and routine tasks. Based on the House Path-Goal theory, what type of behaviour should he focus on
Supportive
Which of the following theories has garnered the most peer-review citations?
Transformational leadership
Leader reward and punishment behaviours are related to employee attitudes and behaviours because they
lead to more positive perceptions of justice and lower role ambiguity
Based on Bass’s theory of Transformational Leadership, as seen in class, the distinctive qualities of transformational leaders are:
idealized influence, individualized consideration, intellectual stimulation, and inspirational motivation
Tina wants to become a better leader, so she has chosen to focus on improving her leader-member exchange. In order to do so, as a leader, what should she focus on?
the relationships between a leader and an employee
Lori, your boss, is always taking the time to listen to her employees. She really shows them that she cares and is always happy to coach them when they are faced with challenges. Lori is displaying characteristics of
Individualized consideration
Nicole is a young leader who naturally loves using social exchange theories with her employees. She isn’t aware that her natural tendencies are actually associated with a specific leadership theory. Can you let her know which one?
leader-member exchange (LMX)
Sarah needed to find a transformational leader to deal with a department that is really struggling. To shorter her search, she began by looking for someone with
Idealized influence (or charismatic)
In class, when talking about Transformational Leadership, I often used the term Idealized Influence. Based on the book, Idealized Influence is identified as what dimension?
Charisma
Becca is an amazing transactional leader, the characteristic that makes her so effective is that she probably
rewards employees for good performance
Research has found that employees who have the opportunity to participate in work-related decisions report more positive job satisfaction, higher performance, and organizational citizenship behaviour. These results are due in part to a positive effect on which of the following?
Employee empowerment and trust in one’s supervisor
Comparisons between transformational leadership and contingent reward behaviour indicate that
transformational leadership is more strongly related to follower satisfaction with the leader, and contingent reward behaviour is more strongly related to follower job satisfaction.
Transformational and transactional leadership are two popular leadership theories. How are they different. One could say that transformational leadership is to transactional leadership as
change is to exchange
Camilla, is a young leader. She is really appreciated by her employees. When they describe her, they often talk about her humility. What style of leadership would you say that Camilla has?
Servant leadership
Your supervisor is really interested in Fielder’s Contingency Theory? She provided you with a numerous explanations of this theory, but only one of them best represents what research says about the theory. Can you help her identify which one?
The explanation of the superior performance of high-LPC leaders in the middle octants is not very convincing
Pete, is relatively new to leadership, he just stated a whole bunch of statements regarding transactional leadership. Can you tell him which one best describes transactional leadership?
it focuses on the exchange relationship between the leader and the followers
Debra, a young woman aspiring to be a leader, wants to know how LMX is different from other theories of leadership. Can you tell her the difference?
it focuses on the relationships that develops between a leader and an employee
Your boss asked you to hire a new leader and read a really interesting article on how elements of the Big 5 consistently predict leadership effectiveness. Can you help her identify which of the big 5 lead to effective leadership?
Extraversion and conscientiousness
Katie loves the idea of being an authentic leadership. Besides authentic leadership, can you tell her what other type of leadership theory authenticity is often associated with?
Servant leadership
