Leadership & Management Development Flashcards

Which leadership theory proposes that leaders should adjust their style based on the developmental maturity of their followers?

Answer: Situational Leadership Theory

Situational Leadership Theory (Hersey & Blanchard) holds that leaders must adapt their directing or supporting behaviors to match the developmental level of each follower.

In Bass's Full Range Leadership Model, which transformational component involves leaders challenging followers to question assumptions and think creatively?

Answer: Intellectual stimulation

Intellectual stimulation is the transformational leadership component where leaders encourage followers to question assumptions, challenge the status quo, and engage in innovative problem-solving.

Which statement best describes transactional leadership?

Answer: Leaders motivate followers through contingent rewards and active management by exception

Transactional leadership involves exchanges where leaders provide contingent rewards for performance and use management by exception to correct deviations from expected standards.

According to Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) theory, employees in high-quality (in-group) LMX relationships tend to experience which outcome compared to out-group members?

Answer: Higher job satisfaction, performance, and organizational commitment

Research consistently shows that employees with high-quality LMX relationships experience greater job satisfaction, performance, organizational commitment, and career outcomes compared to out-group members.

Among the Big Five personality traits, which is most consistently associated with both leadership emergence and leadership effectiveness according to meta-analytic research?

Answer: Extraversion

Meta-analytic evidence shows that extraversion has the strongest and most consistent relationship with both leadership emergence and effectiveness across studies of the Big Five.

Path-Goal Theory (House) suggests that leaders are most effective when they:

Answer: Clarify performance paths and remove obstacles to help followers achieve goals

Path-Goal Theory posits that leaders enhance follower motivation and satisfaction by clarifying the path to goal achievement, providing necessary support, and removing barriers to performance.

Which leadership framework emphasizes self-awareness, balanced processing of information, relational transparency, and an internalized moral perspective as its four core components?

Answer: Authentic leadership

Authentic leadership theory (Avolio & Gardner) defines authentic leaders through self-awareness, relational transparency, balanced information processing, and an internalized moral perspective.