Question : 79.According to the situational leadership theory (SLT) developed by Hersey : 1243785

79.According to the situational leadership theory (SLT) developed by Hersey and Blanchard, effective leaders vary their style with the: 

A.ability and motivation of followers.

B.availability of leadership substitutes.

C.leader’scapacity to engage in participative management.

D.leader’s integrity, influence, and other traits or competencies.

E.leaders’ personality and perceptions.

80.Telling, selling, participating, and delegating represent the four leadership styles identified in: 

A.path-goal theory.

B.transformational leadership theory.

C.leadershipcompetencies theory.

D.situational leadership theory.

E.implicit leadership theory.

81.According to Fiedler’s contingency model of leadership: 

A.everyone has the same capacity to become an effective leader.

B.effective leaders are able to change their style to fit the situation.

C.the best leadership style depends on the availability of leadership substitutes.

D.leader effectiveness depends on whether the person’s natural leadership style is appropriately matched to the situation.

E.effective leaders vary their style with the ability and motivation (or commitment) of followers.

82.Which of the following explicitly argues that people have a preferred leadership style based on their personality, so organizations should move leaders into situations that fit their preferred style? 

A.Path-goal theory

B.Transformational leadership

C.Implicit leadership perspective

D.Leadership competencies perspective

E.Fiedler’s contingency model of leadership

83.Fiedler’s contingency model of leadership states that the best leadership style depends on: 

A.the leader’s emotional intelligence.

B.the level of situational control.

C.the leader’s level of servant leadership.

D.the leader’s knowledge of the employee’s job.

E.ability and motivation of followers.

84.Fiedler’s contingency model of leadership has made an important and lasting contribution to the study of leadership because it: 

A.is the only leadership theory to adopt a contingency approach.

B.was the first theory to recognize the existence of leadership substitutes.

C.suggests that organizations need to engineer the situation to fit the leader’s preferred style.

D.discovered that effective leaders do not have a common set of competencies.

E.is the only theory to adopt the implicit leadership perspective.

85._____ theory identifies conditions that either limit the leader’s ability to influence subordinates or make a particular leadership style unnecessary. 

A.Transformational leadership

B.Transactional leadership

C.Leadership substitutes

D.Path-goal

E.Implicit leadership

86.Sanco Systems uses performance-based reward systems across various departments to keep employees directed toward organizational goals. The management at Sanco Systems believes that these rewards might replace or reduce the need for task-oriented leadership. Which of the following leadership theories supports this action? 

A.Situational leadership

B.Path-goal

C.Behavioral perspective

D.Leadership substitutes

E.Competency perspective

87.Which leadership theory or perspective adopts the view that leaders are agents of change? 

A.Transformational leadership perspective

B.Path-goal theory

C.Implicit leadership perspective

D.Behavioral perspective

E.Leadership substitutes

88.Transactional leaders: 

A.engage in participative leadership.

B.build a strategic vision to change the organization.

C.influence subordinates by using rewards.

D.possess all of the competencies of great leaders.

E.act as change agents in the organization.