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The behavioral approach reminds leaders that


A) Personality is the essence of effective leadership.
B) Who they are is more important than what they do.
C) Task behaviors are more important than relationship behaviors.
D) They should continually engage in both task and relationship behaviors.
E) The high-high style is the best style of leadership.

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

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I get involved with my team and create a positive environment while directing daily operations and keeping results of the team high. I am using


A) Authority compliance leadership
B) Team leadership
C) Country club leadership
D) Middle of the road leadership
E) Impoverished leadership

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

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The style approach has failed to identify a universally effective leadership style.

A) True
B) False

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Blake and Mouton's research identified


A) How leaders combine concern for results and concern for people
B) How task and relationship behaviors are part of one continuum
C) How task and relationship behaviors are on two separate continua
D) How opportunism as a behavior style focuses on followers roles

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The behavioral approach describes


A) What leaders do
B) Who leaders are
C) Skills leaders possess
D) Traits leaders display

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Which study analyzed questionnaires taken by followers as they described their leader behaviors?


A) Ohio State studies
B) Michigan studies
C) Blake and Mouton
D) Stogdill and Zacaro

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Researchers developed a questionnaire called the LBDQ. The letters "LBDQ" stand for what?


A) Leader-based detail questionnaire
B) Leadership-biased descriptive questionnaire
C) Leadership-based diagnostic questionnaire
D) Leadership behavior description questionnaire

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Grid seminars are training and development programs that make use of the styles approach. These seminars are done through the use of ____________ findings.


A) Ohio State studies
B) University of Michigan studies
C) Black and Mouton's
D) Fisher's
E) Mumford's

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

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The behavioral approach suggests that leadership cannot be explained by any list of personality traits.

A) True
B) False

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Which scholar(s) created the Leadership Grid?


A) Stogdill
B) Blake and Mouton
C) French and Raven
D) Ohio State University researchers

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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I am doing a training program for staff to help them understand how to integrate both task and relationship behaviors in the workplace using the Leadership Grid. I am using the results from which set of researchers?


A) The Ohio State University
B) The University of Michigan
C) Kouzes and Posner
D) Blake and Mouton

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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I am the lead barista at a local coffee shop managing four staff. I love to chat with them regularly, work with them on schedules that fit their needs, and work to develop camaraderie amongst all. I do assign tasks and hold them accountable for the work, but that is my secondary concern. My behavior would plot on the Blake & Mouton Leadership Grid at what point?


A) Moderately high task; moderately low relationship
B) Very low task; very high relationship
C) Very high task; very high relationship
D) Moderately low task; moderately high relationship
E) Moderately low task; moderately low relationship

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

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The behavioral approach is not describing what leaders do but who leaders are.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is not a task-focused leader behavior?


A) Initiating structure
B) Production orientation
C) Consideration
D) Facilitating goal accomplishment

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Jim is a manager of a restaurant. He is very concerned with efficiency and making employees happy.


A) Jim is a compromiser.
B) Jim is a country club manager.
C) Jim is a high-high style leader.
D) Jim is low in initiating structure and high in consideration.
E) Jim is an impoverished leader.

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

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Assisting group members in building cohesiveness is primarily a task behavior.

A) True
B) False

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Your boss tries to create a positive work environment while also instructing employees about what tasks to do and when they should be completed. This is an example of


A) Authority compliance leadership
B) Team leadership
C) Country club leadership
D) Middle-of-the road leadership
E) Impoverished leadership

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

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The behavioral approach has been validated by a wide range of studies.

A) True
B) False

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You are required to report directly to your supervisor every morning. Upon arrival he gives you a large list of tasks to be completed by the end of the day; he states he will be checking in after lunch to see your progress. This is an example of


A) Authority compliance management
B) Team management
C) Country-club management
D) Middle-of-the-road-management
E) Impoverished management

F) A) and C)
G) All of the above

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According to the Leadership Grid, opportunistic leaders rely primarily on the 5, 5 style of leadership.

A) True
B) False

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