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Successful leaders enlist the team in scoring collective quick wins that result from working together toward a shared vision.

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In the context of the trait approach to leadership, the correspondence between actions and words is known as:

A) positive reinforcement.
B) negative reinforcement.
C) punishment.
D) extinction.
E) expectancy.

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A leadership perspective that attempts to identify what good leaders do-that is, what behaviors they exhibit, is known as the:

Effective leaders rely on one leadership style.

Actions taken to ensure the satisfaction of team members, develop and maintain harmonious work relationships, and preserve the social stability of the group are referred to as:

The _____ approach downplays personal characteristics in favor of the actual conduct that leaders exhibit.

Scenario C. Use the information given below to answer the questions that follow. Three managers of a company list the behaviors that have led them to success: • Candice expects a lot from her staff. She sets high goals for them. Hence,they need to work hard. She also expects high quality output. • Jessica works toward maintaining good relationships with each employee. She regularly praises them, and seeks ways to help them solve problems and reduce stress. She has been told she is easy to talk to. • Barbara solicits input from her employees on certain decisions and tries to take incorporate them. Sometimes, she even meets her entire team and tries to reach a consensus. -In the context of the above scenario, Candice's style of leadership is _____.

A _____ leader has a special ability to generate excitement and revitalize organizations.

Laura, a manager at an organization, has a lot of influence over her employees. She is a popular manager. The employees like working with her and want to emulate her. In the context of this scenario, Laura has _____ power.

Supervisory leadership is behavior that provides:

The top management of a company determined that their end-of-year bonuses would not be given due to low sales. Sarah, a department manager, informed her staff that even high-performing employees should not expect a bonus. Sarah's _____ power was limited by the decision of the top management.

According to_____, effectiveness depends on two factors: the personal style of the leader and the degree to which the situation gives the leader power, control, and influence over the situation.

Today, having a vision for the future and communicating that vision to others are not essential components of great leadership.

Organizations in which managers believe that there is only "one best way" to lead will have a competitive advantage over those with diverse leadership styles.

Scenario A. Use the information given below to answer the questions that follow. As a consultant to a local manufacturing facility, you are conducting a leadership training seminar. You encounter several managers who believe that they can describe the key to their success: Sarah says that she is successful because when she tells her employees to do something, they do it because she's the boss. Martha explains that she can get her employees to do what she wants because they like her and they want their manager to appreciate them. Carl feels that his employees are cooperative because they realize that he knows more about their jobs than anybody else in the organization. Elizabeth says that if employees fail to be productive, she takes away their leave privileges and that corrects the problem. -In the context of the above scenario, Sarah has _____ power.

According to the trait approach to leadership, need for achievement predicts success for division heads in larger and more bureaucratic firms.

Transactional leadership approaches may be more effective for individualists than for collectivists.

In the context of the trait approach to leadership, _____ refers to a set of characteristics that reflect a high level of effort, including high need for achievement, constant striving for improvement, ambition, energy, tenacity, and initiative.

A person who is dominant, self-confident, convinced of the moral righteousness of his or her beliefs, and able to arouse a sense of excitement and adventure in followers is known as a(n) :

_____ leadership seeks information, opinions, and preferences, sometimes to the point of meeting with the group, leading discussions, and using consensus or majority vote to make the final choice.