Malcolm is the manager of his department. After performance evaluations, he gives those who have met their goals for the year a pay raise

 ___________ leaders lead employees by aligning employee goals with the leader’s goals.

a. Directive

b. Transactional

c. Transformational

d. Achievement-oriented

(c) Easy/Knowledge

92. Which one of the following traits is NOT a tool that transformational leaders use to influence employees and create commitment to the company goals?

a. charisma

b. management by exception

c. intellectual stimulation

d. inspirational motivation

(b) Medium/Comprehension

93. Most research on leadership has been conducted on which of the following contingency theories of leadership?

a. Fieldler’s contingency theory

b. House’s path-goal theory

c. transformational leadership theory

d. authentic leadership theory

(c) Difficult/Synthesis

94. Malcolm is the manager of his department. After performance evaluations, he gives those who have met their goals for the year a pay raise. He gives his employees their assignments and leaves them to do their work but does monitor them so that if he notices a potential problem, it gets resolved before causing difficulties. What kind of contemporary leadership style is Malcolm demonstrating?

a. directive leadership

b. transformational leadership

c. transactional leadership

d. laissez-faire leadership

(c) Difficult/Application

95. Research on transformational and transactional leadership shows all of the following EXCEPT

a. transformational leaders increase the performance of their followers.

b. transactional leaders have positive influences over employee attitudes.

c. transformational leaders create higher levels of commitment to organizational change efforts.

d. transactional leaders increase the intrinsic motivation of their followers.

(d) Difficult/Evaluation

96. The key factor in the effectiveness of transformational leadership is

a. trust.

b. creativeness.

c. extraversion.

d. charisma.

(a) Medium/Comprehension

97. Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement about leader-member exchange (LMX) theory?

a. High LMX relationships involve an active dislike between the leader and member.

b. In high LMX relationships, the leader has a trust-based relationship with the member.

c. In high LMX relationships, both leader and member go above and beyond their job descriptions to assist the other party in succeeding.

d. In low LMX relationships, the leader does his job and the member does his.

(a) Difficult/Evaluation

98. All of the following are factors contributing to building high-quality leader-member exchange EXCEPT

a. leader fairness.

b. leader delegation.

c. employee job satisfaction.

d. personality similarity.

(c) Medium/Analysis

99. All of the following are consequences of a high leader-member exchange relationship EXCEPT

a. job satisfaction.

b. lower turnover.

c. organizational commitment.

d. effort in building good relationships.

(d) Medium/Analysis

100. Which of the following statements regarding leader-member exchange relationships is INCORRECT?

a. A problem with a low-quality exchange relationship is that employees may not have access to a positive work environment.

b. All employees would like to have a positive relationship with their leader.

c. If a leader is unethical, employees may not want to have a relationship so as not to suffer from guilt by association.

d. When high LMX employees succeed, leaders credit the efforts they put forward and their high level abilities.

(b) Difficult/Evaluation

101. Servant leadership

a. is a leadership approach that defines the leader’s role as serving the needs of others.

b. refers to effective leaders who stay true to themselves.

c. is leading employees by aligning employee goals with the leader’s goals.

d. involves structuring the roles of subordinates, providing them with instructions, and behaving in ways that will increase the performance of the group.

(a) Easy/Knowledge

102. Servant leadership has an explicit focus on all of the following factors EXCEPT

a. ethics.

b. community development.

c. paternalism.

d. self-sacrifice.

(c) Medium/Analysis

103. Servant leaders

a. put themselves first.

b. make their overriding goal getting their employees to contribute to the community.

c. make their primary mission high-level personal achievement.

d. feel an obligation to their employees, customers and the larger community.

(d) Medium/Analysis

104. Authentic leadership

a. is a leadership approach that defines the leader’s role as serving the needs of others.

b. refers to effective leaders who stay true to themselves.

c. makes sure employees are involved in decision making.

d. sets goals for employees and encourages them to reach those goals.

(b) Easy/Knowledge

105. Which of the following is NOT a key characteristic of authentic leaders?

a. They are not afraid to act they way they are.

b. They understand where they are coming from.

c. They have no set priorities.

d. They have high levels of personal integrity.

(c) Medium/Comprehension