N471 Exam 1 Practice Questions and
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What are the four domains of nursing leadership? What do each involve? - ✔✔-
Cognitive: problem solving, technology -Affective: ambassador, communicator -
Psychomotor: evidence based practice -Social: team player, change agent
What is formal leadership? What does it depend on? - ✔✔Legitimate authority
conferred by the organization and described in a job description Depends on personal
skills but also reinforced by organization authority and position
What is informal leadership? What is the purpose of this type of leadership? -
✔✔◦Exercisedby a staff member who does not have a specified management role
◦Influenceefficiency of work flow through knowledge, status, & personal skills
inpersuading/guiding others
What is the trait theory of leadership? - ✔✔Born with leadership traits. Some traits
suited to leaders
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,What is the behavioral theory of leadership? - ✔✔Leaders are made not born; anyone
can learn to be a leader
What is the role theory of leadership? - ✔✔Roles are defined based on social learning
and reading, people will act within their roles
What are the four leadership styles defined by Lewin, Lippit, and White in 1939? -
✔✔Autocratic (authoritarian), democratic (participative), Laissez-faire, bureaucratic
What is the movitation, decision making, and methods of a leader with autocratic
(authoritarian) style? - ✔✔Motivation: external forces such as power, authority, and
need for approval. -Decision-making: leader makes all the decisions without consulting
anyone -Methods: coercion, punishment, direction
What is the motivation, decision-making, and methods of a leader with democratic
(participative) style? - ✔✔Motivation: internal drives and impulses -Decision-making:
active participation -Methods: participation, majority role
What is the motivation, decision-making, and methods of a leader with Laissez-faire
style? - ✔✔-Motivation: internal drives and impulses -Decision-making: individuals let
alone to complete work -Methods: provides no direction or facilitation
What is the motivation, decision-making, and methods of a leader with Bureaucratic
style? - ✔✔Motivation: external forces -Decision-making: no trust; relies on
organizational policies and rules -Methods: power, use of fixed inflexible rules
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,What are Likert's 5 dimensions of leadership styles (1967)? - ✔✔Motivation,
Communication, Decision-making, productivity, absenteeism
What are the 4 dimensions (leadership styles) for increasing levels of employee
involvement described by Likert in 1967? - ✔✔System I: exploitative, authoritative,
organization System II: benevolent, authoritative, organization System III: consultative,
organization System IV: participative, organization
What are the characteristics of Likert's System I:
Exploitative/Authoritative/Organization Leadership Style? - ✔✔-Motivation: fear and
punishment -Communication: very little, top-down -Decision-making: top levels -
Productivity: mediocre -Absenteeism: very high
What are the characteristics of Likert's system II:
benevolent/authoritative/organization Leadership style? - ✔✔-Motivation: most often
reward -Communication: little, but top-down -Decision-making: top levels -
Productivity: fair -Absenteeism: somewhat high
What are the characteristics of Likert's system III: consultative/organization leadership
style? - ✔✔-Motivation: reward and involvement -Communication: vpassable, down
and up -Decision-making: information from many -Productivity: good -Absenteeism:
moderate
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, What are the characteristics of Likert's sytem IV: participative/organization leadership
style? - ✔✔-Motivation: participation and involvement -Communication: much, all
directions -Decision-making: decisions made by everyone -Productivity: exceptional -
Absenteeism: low
What are the four leadership styles described by Likert in 1967? - ✔✔Exploitative
authoritative style, benevolent authoritative style, consultative style, and
participative/democratic style
What is the exploitative authoritative leadership style described by Likert 1967? -
✔✔Systematically exclude them from decision-making
What is the benevolent authoritative leadership style described by Likert 1967? - ✔✔Do
not involve employees in decision-making
What is the consultative leadership style described by Likert 1967? - ✔✔Seek
employee's advice about decisions
What is the participative/democratic leadership style described by Likert 1967? -
✔✔Seek consensus in decision-making
What is the managerial grid described by Blake and Moulton, 1961? - ✔✔Five
leadership styles plotted in four quadrants of a two-dimensional grid---> graded by
degrees of leader concern for production (structure) and degrees of leader concern for
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What are the four domains of nursing leadership? What do each involve? - ✔✔-
Cognitive: problem solving, technology -Affective: ambassador, communicator -
Psychomotor: evidence based practice -Social: team player, change agent
What is formal leadership? What does it depend on? - ✔✔Legitimate authority
conferred by the organization and described in a job description Depends on personal
skills but also reinforced by organization authority and position
What is informal leadership? What is the purpose of this type of leadership? -
✔✔◦Exercisedby a staff member who does not have a specified management role
◦Influenceefficiency of work flow through knowledge, status, & personal skills
inpersuading/guiding others
What is the trait theory of leadership? - ✔✔Born with leadership traits. Some traits
suited to leaders
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,What is the behavioral theory of leadership? - ✔✔Leaders are made not born; anyone
can learn to be a leader
What is the role theory of leadership? - ✔✔Roles are defined based on social learning
and reading, people will act within their roles
What are the four leadership styles defined by Lewin, Lippit, and White in 1939? -
✔✔Autocratic (authoritarian), democratic (participative), Laissez-faire, bureaucratic
What is the movitation, decision making, and methods of a leader with autocratic
(authoritarian) style? - ✔✔Motivation: external forces such as power, authority, and
need for approval. -Decision-making: leader makes all the decisions without consulting
anyone -Methods: coercion, punishment, direction
What is the motivation, decision-making, and methods of a leader with democratic
(participative) style? - ✔✔Motivation: internal drives and impulses -Decision-making:
active participation -Methods: participation, majority role
What is the motivation, decision-making, and methods of a leader with Laissez-faire
style? - ✔✔-Motivation: internal drives and impulses -Decision-making: individuals let
alone to complete work -Methods: provides no direction or facilitation
What is the motivation, decision-making, and methods of a leader with Bureaucratic
style? - ✔✔Motivation: external forces -Decision-making: no trust; relies on
organizational policies and rules -Methods: power, use of fixed inflexible rules
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,What are Likert's 5 dimensions of leadership styles (1967)? - ✔✔Motivation,
Communication, Decision-making, productivity, absenteeism
What are the 4 dimensions (leadership styles) for increasing levels of employee
involvement described by Likert in 1967? - ✔✔System I: exploitative, authoritative,
organization System II: benevolent, authoritative, organization System III: consultative,
organization System IV: participative, organization
What are the characteristics of Likert's System I:
Exploitative/Authoritative/Organization Leadership Style? - ✔✔-Motivation: fear and
punishment -Communication: very little, top-down -Decision-making: top levels -
Productivity: mediocre -Absenteeism: very high
What are the characteristics of Likert's system II:
benevolent/authoritative/organization Leadership style? - ✔✔-Motivation: most often
reward -Communication: little, but top-down -Decision-making: top levels -
Productivity: fair -Absenteeism: somewhat high
What are the characteristics of Likert's system III: consultative/organization leadership
style? - ✔✔-Motivation: reward and involvement -Communication: vpassable, down
and up -Decision-making: information from many -Productivity: good -Absenteeism:
moderate
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, What are the characteristics of Likert's sytem IV: participative/organization leadership
style? - ✔✔-Motivation: participation and involvement -Communication: much, all
directions -Decision-making: decisions made by everyone -Productivity: exceptional -
Absenteeism: low
What are the four leadership styles described by Likert in 1967? - ✔✔Exploitative
authoritative style, benevolent authoritative style, consultative style, and
participative/democratic style
What is the exploitative authoritative leadership style described by Likert 1967? -
✔✔Systematically exclude them from decision-making
What is the benevolent authoritative leadership style described by Likert 1967? - ✔✔Do
not involve employees in decision-making
What is the consultative leadership style described by Likert 1967? - ✔✔Seek
employee's advice about decisions
What is the participative/democratic leadership style described by Likert 1967? -
✔✔Seek consensus in decision-making
What is the managerial grid described by Blake and Moulton, 1961? - ✔✔Five
leadership styles plotted in four quadrants of a two-dimensional grid---> graded by
degrees of leader concern for production (structure) and degrees of leader concern for
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