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91. Autonomous work groups are least likely to feature 
A. members who participate in hiring and firing decisions.
B. rotating job duties.
C. members who design and order their own tools.
D. managers who supervise the teams.

92. LaTanya is studying characteristics of leadership across cultures and countries. She finds that a willingness to take risks is considered a 
A. positive leadership trait in virtually all countries.
B. negative leadership trait in virtually all countries.
C. positive leadership trait in some countries and a negative leadership trait in others.
D. positive leadership trait in the United States, but not in any other countries.

93. Panina is considered a relationship-motivated leader. As such, she tends to be considered high on the dimension known as 
A. initiating structure.
B. consideration.
C. relatedness.
D. growth.

94. Mr. Lumberg often coordinates his employees’ assignments by giving them specific tasks and continuously reminding them of his expectations for each assignment. From this, you can assume that Mr. Lumberg is a(n) _____ leader. 
A. intrinsically-directed
B. extrinsically-directed
C. relationship-motivated
D. task-motivated

95. An employee would be most likely to file a grievance against which of the following supervisors: 
A. Arlene, who is low on consideration and low on initiating structure
B. Britta, who is high on consideration and high on initiating structure
C. Charlie, who is low on consideration and high on initiating structure
D. Desi, who is high on consideration and low on initiating structure

96. Elim is completing a literature review of leadership styles. He has discovered that in cases of supervisors who rate highly on initiating structure, they 
A. always have high rates of grievances and turnovers.
B. always have low rates of grievances and turnovers.
C. have high rates of grievances and turnovers only if they are also low on consideration.
D. have low rates of grievances and turnovers only if they are also low on consideration.

97. Jake is a supervisor who treats the employees he likes much differently than the employees he dislikes. Jake’s behavior best illustrates 
A. leader-member exchange theory.
B. existence, relatedness, growth theory.
C. organizational citizenship behavior.
D. counterproductive work behavior.

98. Leader-member exchange theory suggests that _____ experience more job satisfaction than _____. 
A. younger workers; older workers
B. older workers; younger workers
C. in-groups; out-groups
D. out-groups; in-groups

99. Research on the effectiveness of charisma training programs suggests that the programs 
A. have long-term effects on charisma levels.
B. cause higher levels of charisma.
C. have no effect on charisma levels.
D. are positively correlated with higher levels of charisma.

100. Your boss is considering having all mid-level managers enroll in a charisma training program to enhance their leadership abilities. After looking into research on such programs, your boss reconsiders this idea, citing that 
A. little to no improvement in charisma was found in the study.
B. managers who received the training reported a slight decrease in their own job satisfaction five months after training occurred.
C. improvements in charisma may have been due to a placebo effect or other factors that created positive expectations.
D. even though they became more charismatic, the trained managers experienced a decrease in their banks’ financial performance.