Leadership & Team Management Flashcards
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A gym manager can fire, demote, or cut hours of staff. Which of French and Raven's power bases does this represent?
Answer: Coercive power
Coercive power is based on the ability to punish or impose negative consequences.
Athletes follow a veteran coach because they admire and identify with her personally. This is an example of:
Answer: Referent power
Referent power comes from personal admiration, respect, and identification with the leader.
Which leadership approach emphasizes inspiring followers through a shared vision, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration?
Answer: Transformational leadership
Bass's transformational leadership includes idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration.
When giving corrective feedback to an athlete, the 'sandwich approach' recommends:
Answer: Positive comment, then correction, then encouragement
The sandwich approach places instructional correction between two positive statements to keep athletes receptive.
A recreation director oversees 25 direct reports and feels overwhelmed. The most appropriate structural fix is to:
Answer: Narrow the span of control by adding supervisory layers
Reducing span of control by delegating to supervisors makes oversight manageable.
Which behavior is most characteristic of servant leadership in a team setting?
Answer: Prioritizing the growth and well-being of team members
Servant leaders put followers' needs and development first.
Fiedler's contingency model suggests leader effectiveness depends on:
Answer: The match between leader style and situational favorableness
Fiedler argued that task- or relationship-oriented leaders succeed in different levels of situational control.
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