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In the achievement-oriented leadership style, leaders expect employees to perform at an optimal level and set subordinate goals.

A) True
B) False

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Transformational and managerial leadership are opposite leadership perspectives.

A) True
B) False

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Situational leadership theory is very popular among practitioners and also has received significant research support.

A) True
B) False

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Johni's Company Johni is the CEO of a struggling company.She has listened to her employee's complaints and concerns about where the corporation is going and has developed a new vision that she feels will help develop a common bond throughout the organization.Johni then hosted a company-wide picnic where she delivered an inspiring speech about the new plans for the business, including her plans for more open communication between management and employees.After her speech, management and employees all participated in trust building exercises and each employee had a one-on-one conversation with Johni.What type of leadership theory most resembles Johni's actions?


A) Managerial
B) People-oriented
C) Managerial to Task-oriented
D) Transformational
E) Situational

F) All of the above
G) None of the above

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Managers should use directive and supportive styles of leadership when employees have an external locus of control.

A) True
B) False

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Transformational leaders encourage employees to experiment with current practices and question the ways things are currently being done.

A) True
B) False

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_____ leadership includes showing mutual trust and respect for subordinates and having a desire to look out for their welfare.


A) Task-oriented
B) People-oriented
C) Achievement-oriented
D) Transaction-oriented
E) Participation-oriented

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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The competency perspective of leadership identifies drive, integrity, and emotional intelligence as the:


A) substitutes for leadership.
B) main elements of situational leadership theory.
C) competencies of effective leaders.
D) contingencies in path-goal theory.
E) essential traits of engaging in managerial leadership.

F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

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The leadership substitutes theory identifies conditions that either limit the leader's ability to influence subordinates or make a particular leadership style unnecessary.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is a limitation of the transformational perspective of leadership?


A) It focuses too much on how leaders improve organizational efficiency.
B) It is typically presented as a universal rather than contingency perspective.
C) Transformational leaders are not defined in terms of their success.
D) It totally ignores the need for having an organizational change agent.
E) Transformational leaders are often judged based on specific behaviors.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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Which of the following leadership styles in path-goal theory is most closely associated with goal-setting and positive self-fulfilling prophecy?


A) Directive
B) Supportive
C) Participative
D) Achievement-oriented
E) Encouraging

F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

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Research indicates that male and female leaders widely differ in their levels of task-oriented and people-oriented leadership.

A) True
B) False

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