BUSMHR 3200 Exam 3 Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

Leadership - social influence process in which the leader seeks the voluntary participation of subordinates in an effort to reach organizational goals Leader Trait - physical/personality characteristic differentiating leaders/followers. Intelligence, Dominance, Self-confidence, Level of energy/activity, Task-relevant knowledge Implicit Leadership Theory - people have beliefs about how leaders should behave and what they should do for followers Leadership Prototype - mental representation of traits/behaviors that people believe Consideration - leader behavior associated with creating mutual respect/trust, focus on a concern for group member's needs and desires Initiating structure - leader behavior that organizes and defines what group members should be doing to maximize output Situational Theories - effectiveness of a particular style of leadership depends on situation Contingency Factors - situational variables that cause one style of leadership to be more effective than another Path-Goal Theory - leader behaviors → leadership effectiveness. Employee characteristics → environmental factors Transactional Leadership - clarifying employees role and task requirements/providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performanceTransformational Leaders - engender trust, seek to develop leadership in others, self-sacrificing, moral agents, focus on objectives that transcend the more immediate needs of the group In-group exchange - relationship where leaders and followers develop a partnership - reciprocal influence, trust, respect, liking