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,Leaders who use coercive power to gain compliance with their requests are using what type of
consequence to gain compliance? -✔✔ answer Punishment and Negative Reinforcement
Out of the following group situations, which is the best case scenario for a manager in terms of the
productivity that results? -✔✔ answer High cohesiveness with high productivity norm
Which power base best exemplifies supervision? -✔✔ answer Legitimate power
Which power base best exemplifies leadership? -✔✔ answer Referent power
Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement? -✔✔ answer -An individual who
files his reports on time is no longer harassed by his manager
Which of the following is hygiene factor in Herzberg's 2-factor theory? -✔✔ answer Pay
You and your co-worker work as waiters at a local restaurant. You work forty hours last week and were
paid $300 whereas your co-worker worked 20 hours and was paid $150. This situation represents
_________? -✔✔ answer Equity and inequality
Which of the following is NOT a valid criticism of Herzberg's 2-factor theory? -✔✔ answer -its
assumption that everyone has an instrumental motivation is incorrect
Which of the following is a characteristic of a formal group? -✔✔ answer -it has specialized roles
and duties
_________ is to Theory X as __________ is to Theory Y. -✔✔ answer supervision; leadership
In ERG theory, relatedness needs are similar to Maslow's _________. -✔✔ answer social and esteem
needs
, The fact that groups allow us to verify our perceptions of our jobs, an organization's reward system, a
supervisor's behavior, etc., reflects the facts that groups: -✔✔ answer satisfy our reality needs
Which of the following applies to a Theory X individual? -✔✔ answer -works best when under a
manager who initiates a lot of structure
This leadership theory states that "leaders receive credit and blame when they don't deserve it because
sometimes the situation is beyond their control"? -✔✔ answer substitutes for leadership
As the size of the work group increases, -✔✔ answer individual members participate less
Jane is an employee at a fast food restaurant where her only job is to take food orders. The only
redeeming aspect of her specialized job is that she likes her co-workers and her manager. According to
Herzberg's 2-factor theory, Jane will experience ____________. -✔✔ answer no job satisfaction and
no job dissatisfaction
You are running for political office and believe that projecting the right leadership image is the key to
getting elected. As a result, you have hired an image consultant to help you craft a leadership image that
will connect with voters. What leadership theory would suggest that your money will be well spent? -
✔✔ answer implicit theory
Maslow believed -✔✔ answer the lowest unsatisfied need in the hierarchy motivates your behavior
All of the following are true concerning the autocratic tell and sell method of goal-setting except -✔✔
answer it is, in general, inferior to participation in goal-setting by the subordinate in terms of
improving performance
The overall research on the five power bases and their relationships to productivity revealed that this
power base had no significant effect on productivity in the workplace. However, when this power base is
used properly it does increase productivity. What power base it it? -✔✔ answer reward power