Organizational Behavior - EXAM 4 - Chapter 13-16

From time to time resist the influence of other leaders to do what is best for their group

TRUE

Three types of power derived from person's position in a firm

TRUE

The six major types of power are grouped among two dimensions

FALSE, Five

Legitimate power gives a leader the power to tell someone to do something outside of the job

FALSE

Reward and coercive power are somewhat intertwined with referent power

FALSE

Referent power is primarily fear

FALSE

It is important for a person to possess all forms of power at the same time

FALSE

Personal forms of power are most strongly related to organizational commitment and job performance than organizational...

TRUE

Desire, and not offer more than promise.....

FALSE

The ability to influence others is reduced if people do work that no one knows, has high....

TRUE

Leadership is the use of power and influence to direct activities of followers towards goal obtainment

TRUE

Leader member exchange theory argues that new leader member relationships are typically marked by a role taking phase.

TRUE

The life cycle theory of leadership explains how leader member relationships develop over time on a dyadic basis.

FALSE

The low quality exchange dyad is marked by increased exchange of information, influence, support...

FALSE

Test of a leader member exchange theory suggests that employees that are competent, likeable, and similar to the leader's...

TRUE

Recent research show that development of high LMX relationship more in collectiveness than individualistic...

FALSE

Traits are more predictive than leader emergence than are leader effectiveness

TRUE

The trait leadership correlation are strong in magnitude when leader effectiveness serves as the outcome

FALSE

Focus on leader traits holds more practical relevance than on a leader's actions

FALSE

A leader's decision making style captures HOW a leader decides opposed to WHAT the leader decides.

TRUE

Organizational culture shapes and reinforces certain employee behaviors and attitudes, system of control over employees.

TRUE

Employees transfer knowledge about other employees through less obvious means.

TRUE

Symbols rituals and espoused values are three major types of observable artifacts

FALSE, six types

Physical structures say a lot about culture...

TRUE

Ceremonies are the daily planned routines that occur in an organization...

FALSE

Espoused values can range from published documents such as company's....

TRUE

When a company holds to its espoused values overtime regardless of situation it operates in, values become less believable to the employees...

FALSE

It is easy to stay true to espoused values in economic down times...

FALSE

Whatever a company's underlying assumptions are, its hidden beliefs will most likely affect employee behavior and attitudes...

TRUE

Organizations have cultures in which employees thin alike, but are not friendly to one another, communal culture.

FALSE, mercenary culture

Organizational structure does not affect employee attitude and behavior...

FALSE

As companies grow larger, the organizational charts get smaller...

FALSE

Organizational structures differ from country to country based on architectural form..

FALSE

Henry Ford was a strong believer in work specialization.

TRUE

There are trade-offs when organizations make jobs highly specialized.

TRUE

High levels of specialization are more acceptable in smaller firms in which employees must be more flexible in job duties

FALSE

Employees tend to be more satisfied with jobs that require them to perform a specialized kind of activity

FALSE

Every employee in a traditional organizational structure has one person to whom they report

TRUE

The chain of command signifies the flow of authority to attain order, control, and predictable performance.

TRUE

A company's chain of control determines how many employees report to each manager.

FALSE, control and command are different.