Leadership
Chapter 17 Leadership
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
WHO ARE LEADERS AND WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?
1. Managers and leaders are the same.
(False; easy; p. 488)
2. Ideally, all managers should be leaders.
(True; easy; p. 488)
EARLY THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP
3. Despite the best efforts of researchers, it proved impossible to identify one set of traits that would always differentiate leaders from nonleaders.
(True; moderate; p. 489)
4. Effective leaders do not need a high degree of knowledge about the company, industry, and technical matters.
(False; easy; p. 489)
5. Cognitive theories are leadership theories that identified behaviors that differentiated effective leaders from ineffective leaders.
(False; easy; p. 490)
6. According to the University of Michigan studies, leaders who are production oriented are described as emphasizing interpersonal relationships and as taking a personal interest in the needs of their followers.
(False; easy; p. 492)
7. The managerial grid only provides a framework for conceptualizing leadership style.
(True; moderate; p. 493)
CONTINGENCY THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP
8. Fiedler’s contingency model of leadership style proposed that effectiveness depends on the ability and willingness of the subordinates.
(False; moderate; p. 493)
9. The least-preferred coworker questionnaire measures whether a person is task or relationship oriented.
(True; easy; p. 493)
10. According to Fiedler’s research, task-oriented leaders tended to perform better in situations that are very favorable to them and in situations that were very unfavorable.
(True; difficult; p. 495)
11. According to Fiedler’s research, relationship-oriented leaders seemed to perform better in very unfavorable situations.
(False; moderate; p. 495)
12. Vroom and Yetton’s leader participation model related leadership behavior and participation to decision making.
(True; moderate; p. 497)
13. Robert House’s path-goal theory is an expectancy theory
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
WHO ARE LEADERS AND WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?
1. Managers and leaders are the same.
(False; easy; p. 488)
2. Ideally, all managers should be leaders.
(True; easy; p. 488)
EARLY THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP
3. Despite the best efforts of researchers, it proved impossible to identify one set of traits that would always differentiate leaders from nonleaders.
(True; moderate; p. 489)
4. Effective leaders do not need a high degree of knowledge about the company, industry, and technical matters.
(False; easy; p. 489)
5. Cognitive theories are leadership theories that identified behaviors that differentiated effective leaders from ineffective leaders.
(False; easy; p. 490)
6. According to the University of Michigan studies, leaders who are production oriented are described as emphasizing interpersonal relationships and as taking a personal interest in the needs of their followers.
(False; easy; p. 492)
7. The managerial grid only provides a framework for conceptualizing leadership style.
(True; moderate; p. 493)
CONTINGENCY THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP
8. Fiedler’s contingency model of leadership style proposed that effectiveness depends on the ability and willingness of the subordinates.
(False; moderate; p. 493)
9. The least-preferred coworker questionnaire measures whether a person is task or relationship oriented.
(True; easy; p. 493)
10. According to Fiedler’s research, task-oriented leaders tended to perform better in situations that are very favorable to them and in situations that were very unfavorable.
(True; difficult; p. 495)
11. According to Fiedler’s research, relationship-oriented leaders seemed to perform better in very unfavorable situations.
(False; moderate; p. 495)
12. Vroom and Yetton’s leader participation model related leadership behavior and participation to decision making.
(True; moderate; p. 497)
13. Robert House’s path-goal theory is an expectancy theory