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Leadership 101 Practice Test: Early Theories of Modern Leadership 2
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Leadership 101 Practice Test: Early Theories of Modern Leadership 2
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25 Questions

1. Having factors that substitute for leadership is a negative situation.
2. According to the Contingency Model, middle LPC are more effective than either low or high-LPCs
3. Attributions can be made to internal or external factors.
4. The case of Michael Eisner and Michael Ovitz at Disney provides an example of the potential negative consequences of in-groups.
5. Path-Goal has received strong research support.
6. In most cultures, leaders pick the followers they trust based on competence and performance.
7. Prior to the industrial revolution, interest in leadership relied on intuition and a description of existing practice.
8. If the leader has power, he/she does not have to worry about other aspects of the situation.
9. Leadership traits are easily observed whereas behaviors are more difficult to see.
10. According to the Normative Decision Model, the consultative style of decision-making involves the leader allowing followers to make the decision.
11. The LBDQ is rarely used in current leadership research.
12. Consideration and initiation of structure are the two primary leadership behaviors.
13. Both the Contingency Model and the Normative Decision Model recommend matching the leader and the situation.
14. The better an employee
15. One of the factors that Path-Goal theory recommends leaders pay attention to is their followers need for autonomy.
16. Fred Fiedler was the first researcher who implemented the contingency approach.
17. Leaders tend to be harsher on employees and blame them for errors when the leader
18. For followers who are not close to the leader, the formal job description often defines their activities
19. According to Leader Member Exchange , followers who are not close to the leader often rebel and improve their performance to prove their worth to the leader.
20. One of the benefits of the behavioral approach to leadership over the trait approach is that behaviors can be measured better than traits.
21. According to the Normative Decision Model, when employees do not agree with each other, the leader should encourage them to debate and let them make the decision.
22. The concept of power is at the core of the Path-Goal theory.
23. Leaders should find a competent group of followers and maintain them as part of their in-group for most of the tasks that they need performed.
24. According to the Normative Decision Model, the need for employee commitment is a primary determinant for using consultation as a decision style.
25. The potential for bias and error greatly increases when people have to make attributions across cultures.