Chapter 11 CCT324 (Leadership)

A situation where leadership may NOT be important is when

employees lack professionalism.

employees are indifferent towards organizational rewards.

employees are inexperienced.

employees lack training.

there are explicit formalized procedures.

According to the Ohio State studies, the extent to which a leader is likely to define and structure his or her role and those of subordinates in the search for goal attainment is called

If leadership behavioural theories are correct, then

leaders are born with leadership behaviours.

leadership can be learned.

leadership trait theories are incorrect.

leader behaviour should be altered.

attribution theory has no validity.

Leadership incompetence in organizations may be because

most organizations don't value leadership, so don't hire for it.

leadership cannot be learned on the job.

leadership is hard to describe in a job description, so it is hard to hire leaders.

leaders are born, and there are too few to supply all the needs of organizations.

many managers are promoted from jobs that didn't have a leadership role, to a job that has a leadership role.

Research findings indicate that when an employee has a clear understanding of how to perform a task and reach a goal a ________ leader will increase employee satisfaction.

Sometimes leadership may not be important. ________ make(s) it impossible for leader behaviour to make any difference to subordinate outcomes.

The University of Michigan studies identified which characteristic with effective performance as a leader?

What is the relationship between trait theories of leadership and The Big Five personality theory?

Extroversion is related to leader's self-efficacy, and important to leadership success.

The dimensions found in the Big Five are all important to leadership success.

Leadership success is related to openness to experience and agreeableness

Leadership success is correlated to the trait of agreeableness.

Emotional stability is high in successful leaders, as leaders work long hours

What theories propose leadership effectiveness is dependent on the situation?