Leadership
This leadership style focuses on inspiring followers through vision and motivation.
What is transformational leadership?
Maslow’s highest level of need.
What is self-actualization?
Artifacts, espoused values, and underlying assumptions make up this scholar’s famous model.
What is Schein’s model of organizational culture?
The direction of communication that flows from employees up to management.
What is upward communication?
This type of decision-making relies on quick, unconscious judgments.
What is intuitive decision-making?
This type of leader focuses on clear structures, rewards, and punishments to manage performance.
What is transactional leadership?
Herzberg’s theory separates job factors into hygiene factors and this second category.
What are motivators?
A culture high in attention to detail is strong in this dimension.
What is precision or accuracy?
A team that works remotely across geography and time zones is known as this.
What is a virtual team?
This bias occurs when someone sticks with a failing course of action due to prior investment.
What is escalation of commitment?
This theory states that leadership effectiveness depends on the situation, followers, and context.
What is contingency theory?
Vroom’s theory states that motivation is a product of valence, expectancy, and this.
What is instrumentality?
A type of culture characterized by risk-taking and innovation.
What is an adhocracy culture?
This term describes when a group values harmony so much that they avoid dissenting opinions.
What is groupthink?
The ethical framework that focuses on maximizing overall good for the greatest number.
What is utilitarianism?
This concept describes the degree to which followers trust, admire, and are loyal to their leader.
What is leader-member exchange (LMX)?
This theory argues that people compare their work outcomes to others to judge fairness.
What is equity theory?
When an organization’s values become widely shared and deeply held, it is called this.
What is a strong culture?
Teams go through forming, storming, norming, and performing according to this model.
What is Tuckman’s team development model?
This cognitive shortcut leads people to rely too heavily on the first piece of information they receive.
What is anchoring bias?
This model outlines 4 behaviors—idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration.
What is Bass’s transformational leadership model?
The idea that goals must be specific, measurable, and challenging but achievable relates to this theory.
What is goal-setting theory?
This is the process by which new employees learn norms, values, and key behaviors of the organization.
What is organizational socialization?
This concept describes shared beliefs about how team members should behave toward one another.
What are team norms?
This model outlines 6 stages individuals use when evaluating ethical dilemmas.
What is Kohlberg’s moral development model?