MGT 605 Leadership Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+
Pearce & Conger - Answers 2003
All those years ago: the historical underpinnings of shared leadership
Shared Leadership definition: "dynamic, interactive influence process among individuals in
groups for which the objective is to lead one another to the achievement of group or
organizational goals or both"
Fessinger (1954); Homans (1958) - Answers Social Exchange theory; People exchange
punishments and rewards in their social interactions
Hollander (1961) - Answers Emergent Leadership: Leaders can "emerge" from a leaderless
group
Bowers & Seashore (1966) - Answers Mutual Leadership: Leadership can come from peers
Vroom & Yetton (1973) - Answers Participative Decision Making; Under certain circumstances, it
is advisable to elicit more involvement by subordinates in the decision-making process
Graen (1976) - Answers Vertical dyad linkage/Leader Member Exchange; Examines the process
between leaders and followers and the creation of in-groups and out-groups
Manz & Sims (1980) - Answers Self-leadership; Employees, given certain conditions, are capable
of leading themselves
Manz & Sims (1987, 1993) - Answers Self-managing work teams; Team members can take on
roles that were formerly reserved for managers
Kelly (1988) - Answers Fellowship; Examines the characteristics of good followers
Conger & Kanungo (1988) - Answers Empowerment; Examines power sharing with subordinates
Lipman-Blumen (1996) - Answers Connective Leadership; Examines how well leaders are able to
make connections to others both inside and outside the team
Drucker (1954) - Answers Management by Objectives; subordinates and supervisors actively
engage in a process of articulating the objectives toward which subordinates will work and be
accountable for
Locke & Latham (1990) - Answers Participative goal-setting
Pearce & Sims - Answers 2002
Vertical versus shared leadership as predictors of the effectiveness of change management
teams: An examination of adverse, directive, transactional, transformational and empowering
leadership
, Five types of leadership Behavior: Aversive, Directive, Transactional, Transformational, &
Empowering
Five types of leadership Behavior - Answers Aversive, Directive (Position Power), Transactional
(Effort-Reward Relationship), Transformational (Charismatic Leadership), & Empowering (Self-
leadership Skills)
Bandura (1986) - Answers Social Cognitive Theory; Triadic reciprocality; Individuals influence
their environment through their behavior, both environment and behavior, in turn, influence the
individual
Pearce & Manz (2005) - Answers 2005
The new silver bullets of leadership: The importance of self and shared leadership in knowledge
work
Hoch & Kozlowski - Answers 2014
Leading virtual teams: Hierarchical leadership, structural supports, and shared team leadership
Structural supports, Hierarchical support, and shared team leadership moderated by team
virtuality affects Team performance
Conger & Pearce - Answers 2003
A landscape of opportunities: Future research on shared leadership (Chapter 14)
Wassenaar & Pearce - Answers 2012
The nature of shared leadership
Definition of shared leadership: when group members actively and intentionally shift the role of
leader to one another as needed by the environment or circumstances in which the group
operates
Pearce et al. (Study for Comps) - Answers 2003
Transactors, transformers and beyond: A multi-method development of a theoretical typology of
leadership
Directive leadership - Legitimate power, coercive power
Transactional Leadership - Expectancy theory, Path-Goal theory, Equity theory, Exchange Theory,
Directive Leadership (from Pearce et al., 2003) - Answers Theory X Leadership - McGregor, 1960
Initiating Structure - Fleishman, 1953
Pearce & Conger - Answers 2003
All those years ago: the historical underpinnings of shared leadership
Shared Leadership definition: "dynamic, interactive influence process among individuals in
groups for which the objective is to lead one another to the achievement of group or
organizational goals or both"
Fessinger (1954); Homans (1958) - Answers Social Exchange theory; People exchange
punishments and rewards in their social interactions
Hollander (1961) - Answers Emergent Leadership: Leaders can "emerge" from a leaderless
group
Bowers & Seashore (1966) - Answers Mutual Leadership: Leadership can come from peers
Vroom & Yetton (1973) - Answers Participative Decision Making; Under certain circumstances, it
is advisable to elicit more involvement by subordinates in the decision-making process
Graen (1976) - Answers Vertical dyad linkage/Leader Member Exchange; Examines the process
between leaders and followers and the creation of in-groups and out-groups
Manz & Sims (1980) - Answers Self-leadership; Employees, given certain conditions, are capable
of leading themselves
Manz & Sims (1987, 1993) - Answers Self-managing work teams; Team members can take on
roles that were formerly reserved for managers
Kelly (1988) - Answers Fellowship; Examines the characteristics of good followers
Conger & Kanungo (1988) - Answers Empowerment; Examines power sharing with subordinates
Lipman-Blumen (1996) - Answers Connective Leadership; Examines how well leaders are able to
make connections to others both inside and outside the team
Drucker (1954) - Answers Management by Objectives; subordinates and supervisors actively
engage in a process of articulating the objectives toward which subordinates will work and be
accountable for
Locke & Latham (1990) - Answers Participative goal-setting
Pearce & Sims - Answers 2002
Vertical versus shared leadership as predictors of the effectiveness of change management
teams: An examination of adverse, directive, transactional, transformational and empowering
leadership
, Five types of leadership Behavior: Aversive, Directive, Transactional, Transformational, &
Empowering
Five types of leadership Behavior - Answers Aversive, Directive (Position Power), Transactional
(Effort-Reward Relationship), Transformational (Charismatic Leadership), & Empowering (Self-
leadership Skills)
Bandura (1986) - Answers Social Cognitive Theory; Triadic reciprocality; Individuals influence
their environment through their behavior, both environment and behavior, in turn, influence the
individual
Pearce & Manz (2005) - Answers 2005
The new silver bullets of leadership: The importance of self and shared leadership in knowledge
work
Hoch & Kozlowski - Answers 2014
Leading virtual teams: Hierarchical leadership, structural supports, and shared team leadership
Structural supports, Hierarchical support, and shared team leadership moderated by team
virtuality affects Team performance
Conger & Pearce - Answers 2003
A landscape of opportunities: Future research on shared leadership (Chapter 14)
Wassenaar & Pearce - Answers 2012
The nature of shared leadership
Definition of shared leadership: when group members actively and intentionally shift the role of
leader to one another as needed by the environment or circumstances in which the group
operates
Pearce et al. (Study for Comps) - Answers 2003
Transactors, transformers and beyond: A multi-method development of a theoretical typology of
leadership
Directive leadership - Legitimate power, coercive power
Transactional Leadership - Expectancy theory, Path-Goal theory, Equity theory, Exchange Theory,
Directive Leadership (from Pearce et al., 2003) - Answers Theory X Leadership - McGregor, 1960
Initiating Structure - Fleishman, 1953
