Trait Approach
This leadership trait has been found to be one of the strongest predictors of leadership success.
What is extraversion?
The three skill approach categorizes skills into conceptual, human, and this skill category.
What is technical?
The two types of behaviors described in this chapter are task and _____ leadership.
What is relational (leadership)?
The situational approach stresses that leadership is composed of both a directive and ______ dimension. Each must be applied appropriately to a given situation.
What is supportive?
In a nutshell, path-goal theory is the relationship between leadership style, subordinates, and this.
What is environment/work setting?
One of the following traits is NOT considered one of the FIVE MAJOR leadership traits:
Intelligence, self-confidence, self-awareness, determination, integrity, or sociability
What is self-awareness?
The ability to work with ideas and concepts.
What are conceptual skills?
According to the leadership grid, a leader that is classified as a country club manager is considered to have low concern for _____.
What are tasks/results?
__________ behaviors help group members accomplish goals by providing directions, establishing goals and methods of evaluation, setting timelines, defining roles, and showing how the goals are to be achieved.
What are directive behaviors?
Leadership motivates when it makes the path to the goal clear and easy to travel through coaching and direction, when it removes this, and makes reaching the goal more personally satisfying.
What are roadblocks/obstacles?
This trait allows the leader to feel assured that his or her attempts to influence others are appropriate and right.
What is Self-Confidence?
According to the textbook, social judgment skills, problem-solving skills, and ______ are considered core competencies.
What is knowledge?
An _______ leader is one who will shift their leadership style to gain personal advantage in different situations. They put self interest ahead of other priorities.
What is opportunistic?
In terms of leadership styles, this style is both low supportive and low directive.
What is the delegating approach?
Of the four types of leadership described in this chapter, this type pertains to the leader setting high goals and expecting subordinates to have high-level performance.
What is achievement oriented leadership?
One major criticism of trait leadership is that it fails to take these into account when assessing leadership through traits. Differences in these suggest that different leadership traits might be appropriate at different times.
What are situations?
Of the individual attributes listed in the three components of skills model, this attribute is also a trait.
What is personality?
Of the classifications in the leadership grid, country club management and this classification are associated with paternal/maternal leading styles.
What is authority-compliance management?
One of the most unique things about the situational approach is that unlike trait, skills, and behavioral approaches, it takes this group of people into consideration when assessing leaders.
What are followers?
When subordinates are in a team environment that offers great social support, this leadership style becomes less necessary.
What is the supportive leadership style?
Of the Five Factor Model (Big Five Inventory), which trait is found to be least associated with successful leadership?
What is agreeableness?
The skills approach is more liked by researchers and practitioners because, unlike traits, skills are not ______.
What is fixed/static?
Kevin is the leader of a stocking team at a major grocery store who shows great concern for his team as well as getting the work done. According to the leadership grid, Kevin uses ___________ management.
What is team management?
A leadership style with high directive and high support behavior.
What is coaching?
While a directive leader is suitable for subordinates with an external locus of control, this leadership style is suitable for subordinates with an internal locus of control.
What is participative leadership?