Jeffrey is the chief financial officer of an established marketing firm. He recently learned that the company is going to try to merge with a new firm. He shares this potential merger with only a few of his mid-level managers he trusts.
Jeffrey has
a. Information and referent power
b. Reward and referent power
c. Information and legitimate power
d. Personal and information power
Question 2You have been working at your job for over a year. Your boss starts offering you new
assignments with weekly meetings in order to exchange valuable information regarding
the tasks. According to the LMX theory, you are now in a _____ role.
a. Tested
b. Low-quality
c. Scripted
d. Negotiated
Question 3Arif is the leader of a small group of human resources professionals. Two of these staff members, Nina and Bohan, disagree about the leadership traits that Arif displays in their work situation.
This disagreement described which of the main criticisms of the trait approach?
a. High subjectivity
b. Century of research
c. Lack of leadership emergence
d. Usefulness in training and development
Question 4A leader who lets followers take responsibility for task accomplishment and has less involvement with followers is using
a. Directing behaviors
b. Supporting behaviors
c. Delegating behaviors
d. Coaching behaviors
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