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BUSMHR 3200 Exam 1 Inks Questions And
Answers Already Graded A+
Trait Approach - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ attempts to
identify personality characteristics or interpersonal
attributes that can be used to differentiate leaders from
followers
Narcissism - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ having a self-
centered perspective, feelings of superiority and a drive
for personal power and glory
Machiavellianism - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ use of
manipulation, a cynical view of human nature (e.g. all lie
to get what they want) and a moral code that puts
results over principles
Psychopathy - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ characterized as a
lack of concern for others, impulsive behavior, and a
lack of remorse or guilt when one's actions harm others
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Implicit Leadership Theory - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ idea
that people have beliefs about how leader should
behave and what they should do for their followers
Leadership Prototype - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ mental
representation of the traits and behaviors that people
believe are possessed by leaders
Behavioral Styles Approach - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
attempts to identify the unique behaviors displayed by
effective leaders
Initiating Structure - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ leader
behavior that organizes and defines what group
members should be
doing to maximize output
Transactional Leadership - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ focuses
on clarifying employees' role and task requirements and
providing followers with positive and negative rewards
contingent on performance
Consideration - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ leader behavior
associated with creating mutual respect or trust and
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focuses on a concern for group members' needs and
desires
Empowering Leadership - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
represents the extent to which a leader creates
perceptions of psychological empowerment in others
Psychological Empowerment - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
reflects employees' belief that they have control over
their work
Servant Leadership - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ increased
service to others rather than to oneself
Lassez-Faire Leadership - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ general
failure to take responsibility for leading
Situational Theories - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ propose that
the effectiveness of a particular style of leader
behavior depends
on the situation
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Contingency Theory - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ based on
the premise that a leader's effectiveness is contingent on
the extent
to which a leader's style fits or matches characteristics of
the situation at hand
Contemporary Theory - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ what is
happening now
Path Goal Theory - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ holds that
leader behaviors are effective when employees view
them as a source of satisfaction or as paving the way to
future satisfaction
Charisma - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ form of interpersonal
attraction that inspires acceptance, devotion and
enthusiasm
Transformational Leaders - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
transform followers to pursue organizational goals
Inspirational Motivation - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ includes
use the charisma, involves establishing an attractive
vision of the
BUSMHR 3200 Exam 1 Inks Questions And
Answers Already Graded A+
Trait Approach - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ attempts to
identify personality characteristics or interpersonal
attributes that can be used to differentiate leaders from
followers
Narcissism - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ having a self-
centered perspective, feelings of superiority and a drive
for personal power and glory
Machiavellianism - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ use of
manipulation, a cynical view of human nature (e.g. all lie
to get what they want) and a moral code that puts
results over principles
Psychopathy - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ characterized as a
lack of concern for others, impulsive behavior, and a
lack of remorse or guilt when one's actions harm others
,2|Page
Implicit Leadership Theory - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ idea
that people have beliefs about how leader should
behave and what they should do for their followers
Leadership Prototype - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ mental
representation of the traits and behaviors that people
believe are possessed by leaders
Behavioral Styles Approach - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
attempts to identify the unique behaviors displayed by
effective leaders
Initiating Structure - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ leader
behavior that organizes and defines what group
members should be
doing to maximize output
Transactional Leadership - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ focuses
on clarifying employees' role and task requirements and
providing followers with positive and negative rewards
contingent on performance
Consideration - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ leader behavior
associated with creating mutual respect or trust and
,3|Page
focuses on a concern for group members' needs and
desires
Empowering Leadership - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
represents the extent to which a leader creates
perceptions of psychological empowerment in others
Psychological Empowerment - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
reflects employees' belief that they have control over
their work
Servant Leadership - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ increased
service to others rather than to oneself
Lassez-Faire Leadership - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ general
failure to take responsibility for leading
Situational Theories - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ propose that
the effectiveness of a particular style of leader
behavior depends
on the situation
, 4|Page
Contingency Theory - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ based on
the premise that a leader's effectiveness is contingent on
the extent
to which a leader's style fits or matches characteristics of
the situation at hand
Contemporary Theory - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ what is
happening now
Path Goal Theory - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ holds that
leader behaviors are effective when employees view
them as a source of satisfaction or as paving the way to
future satisfaction
Charisma - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ form of interpersonal
attraction that inspires acceptance, devotion and
enthusiasm
Transformational Leaders - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
transform followers to pursue organizational goals
Inspirational Motivation - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ includes
use the charisma, involves establishing an attractive
vision of the
