Organizational Behavior and Leadership
What is the Cognitive Resource Theory? A theory of leadership that states that the level of stress in a situation is what impacts whether a leader's intelligence or experience will be more effective
What is the Leader-member exhange (LMX) theory? Small ingroup of individuals - because of time pressures, leaders establish a special relationship with a small group of their followers. These individuals make up the ingroup—they are trusted, get a disproportionate amount of the leader's attention, and are more likely to receive special privileges.
What is the Fiedler Contingency Model? proposes that effective group performance depends on the proper match between the leader's style and the degree to which the situation gives the leader control.
What is the least preferred co-worker (LPC) questionnaire and which contingency model is it used? Used to identify that style by measuring whether a person is task or relationship oriented. The Fiedler Contingency Model
What is the Traits Theories of Leadership? Theories that consider personality, social, physical, or intellectual traits to differentiate leaders from nonleaders
Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership theory differs from other leadership theories most clearly because it focuses _____. on the followers.
What is the path goal theory? Leader must help followers attaining goals and reduce roadblocks to success. Leaders must change behaviors to fit the situation (environmental contingencies & subordinate contingencies)
When organized around the Big Five, what is the most important trait of effective leaders? extraversion
What is the extent to which a person is likely to have job relationships that are characterized by mutual trust, respect for employees' ideas, and regard for their feelings? Consideration
What leadership style, identified by House in path-goal theory, leads to greater satisfaction when tasks are ambiguous or stressful than when they are highly
What is the Leader-member exhange (LMX) theory? Small ingroup of individuals - because of time pressures, leaders establish a special relationship with a small group of their followers. These individuals make up the ingroup—they are trusted, get a disproportionate amount of the leader's attention, and are more likely to receive special privileges.
What is the Fiedler Contingency Model? proposes that effective group performance depends on the proper match between the leader's style and the degree to which the situation gives the leader control.
What is the least preferred co-worker (LPC) questionnaire and which contingency model is it used? Used to identify that style by measuring whether a person is task or relationship oriented. The Fiedler Contingency Model
What is the Traits Theories of Leadership? Theories that consider personality, social, physical, or intellectual traits to differentiate leaders from nonleaders
Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership theory differs from other leadership theories most clearly because it focuses _____. on the followers.
What is the path goal theory? Leader must help followers attaining goals and reduce roadblocks to success. Leaders must change behaviors to fit the situation (environmental contingencies & subordinate contingencies)
When organized around the Big Five, what is the most important trait of effective leaders? extraversion
What is the extent to which a person is likely to have job relationships that are characterized by mutual trust, respect for employees' ideas, and regard for their feelings? Consideration
What leadership style, identified by House in path-goal theory, leads to greater satisfaction when tasks are ambiguous or stressful than when they are highly