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Which of the following behaviors, according to the studies at Ohio State, is an initiating structure behavior?


A) Representation
B) Integration
C) Recognition
D) Organization
E) Membership

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

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According to the time-driven model of leadership, autocratic styles are used for decisions in which the likelihood of employee commitment is high.

A) True
B) False

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In the _____ leader behavior the leader supplements his or her directing with support and encouragement to protect the confidence levels of the employees.


A) delegating
B) telling
C) selling
D) participating
E) negotiating

F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

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Ben just announced to his employees that if they meet the sales goal for the month of August, they can have a paid four-day vacation.Which of the following styles of leadership is being used by Ben in this case?


A) Laissez-faire
B) Contingent reward
C) Passive management-by-exception
D) Active management-by-exception
E) Transformational

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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There has been extensive research into the Time-Driven Model of Leadership.The results include all of the following except ______.


A) managers overuse the autocratic style
B) when managers use the recommendation of the model, decision were rated as successful 68% of the time
C) when managers do not use the model's recommendations, their decisions are successful on 22% of the time
D) managers do not vary their decision making style as much as the model suggests they should
E) managers overuse the consultative style

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

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The life cycle theory of leadership advocates that the optimal combination of leader behavior in the R4 stage is _____.


A) delegating
B) telling
C) selling
D) participating
E) negotiating

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

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Differentiate between initiating structure and consideration.

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Initiating structure reflects the extent...

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Scenario: Polar Coat Manufacturing Dolce, Alexandria, Brittney, and Nicole, are four managers at Polar Coat Manufacturing.Each in their department uses a different decision-making style and believes that their style is the best.Alexandria always presents the problem to her employees, gathers their opinions/suggestions and then makes the decision herself.Brittney gives her employees the responsibility for making the decision within a set of specified boundary conditions.Nicole makes the decision without asking her employees for their opinions/suggestions.Dolce presents the problem to her employees and seeks consensus with an emphasis that her opinion should only count as important as every other employee's in her department.Dolce is displaying _____ decision-making style.


A) consultative
B) autocratic
C) delegative
D) facilitative
E) directive

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

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Which of the following decision-making styles is characterized by the highest level of leader control?


A) Consultative
B) Autocratic
C) Delegative
D) Facilitative
E) Supportive

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

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_____ reflects the extent to which leaders create job relationships characterized by mutual trust, respect for employee ideas, and thoughtfulness of employee feelings.


A) Transformation
B) Delegating
C) Consideration
D) Participation
E) Initiating structure

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

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Transformational leadership is strongly related to unit-focused measures of leadership effectiveness than most other leadership forms.

A) True
B) False

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The life cycle theory of leadership suggests that _____ leader behavior comprises high initiating structure and low consideration.


A) telling
B) selling
C) participating
D) delegating
E) performing

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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