According to the Michigan studies which of the following leaders were associated with lower job satisfaction and less focused on group productivity?

• A) Initiating structure
• B) Consideration
• C) Production oriented
• D) Employee oriented

In Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid which of the following style is more focused on efficiency in operations and bear minimum degree of interference of human element?

• A) Impoverished management
• B) Country club management
• C) Task management
• D) Team management

Which of the following factor considers the goals as well as recognized the needs of individuals?

• A) Valence
• B) Performance
• C) Expectancy
• D) Instrumentality

According to Herzberg, when ___________ are adequate, people will not be dissatisfied, but they also will not be satisfied.

• A) Achievement needs
• B) Power needs
• C) Affiliation needs
• D) Hygiene factors

Attempts to show the financial condition of the firm to employees to get them to think like owners of the firm are known as __________.

• A) Telecommuting
• B) Open-book management
• C) Pay-for-performance programs
• D) Work sharing arrangements

When complex decisions are required that need specialist skills then which of the following style is useful?

• A) Democratic style
• B) Behavioral style
• C) Laissez faire style
• D) Autocratic style

Which ‘expectancy theory linkage’ explains the belief that having a high grade point average is critical in obtaining a good job?

• A) Expectancy
• B) Valence
• C) Goal setting to achievement
• D) Instrumentality

According to Frederick Herzberg, intrinsic factors are related with job content and are associated with job _____.

• A) No Satisfaction
• B) No Dissatisfaction
• C) Dissatisfaction
• D) Satisfaction

Which of the following is NOT one of the situational factors thought to influence the relationship between leader behavior and subordinate motivation to perform in the path-goal theory?

• A) Subordinate locus of control
• B) Preferences of the leader
• C) Task structure
• D) Characteristics of the work group

The behavioral dimension of leadership involving the concern that the leader has for the feelings, needs, personal interest, problems, and well being of followers is referred to as which of the following?

• A) Autocratic
• B) Consideration
• C) Initiating structure
• D) Democratic

Person with_______________need is more likely to be a team player and does well customer service jobs and prefers to work in cooperative environment.

• A) Achievement
• B) Power
• C) Fulfilment
• D) Affiliation

Leadership style that focuses on centralized authority, dictated work methods and limit employee participation is called:

• A) Laissez faire style
• B) Behavioral style
• C) Autocratic style
• D) Democratic style

In XYZ Company, jobs are creative, interesting and challenging but employees are not happy with working condition, salary and relationship with peers, this situation leads towards:

• A) High hygiene – High motivation
• B) High hygiene –Low motivation
• C) Low hygiene – High motivation
• D) Low hygiene – Low motivation

Leadership is defined as which of the following:

• A) A group that achieves goals
• B) The process of influencing a group toward the achievement of goals
• C) The function of influencing a group towards the achievement of goals
• D) Directing a group towards the achievement of goals

Which of the following suggests that there is a need to have good relationships at work?

• A) Need for affiliation
• B) Need for power
• C) Need for fulfillment
• D) Need for achievement

Persons who are able to influence others and who possess managerial authority are termed as which of the following?

• A) Leaders
• B) Organizers
• C) Managers
• D) Visionaries

The _____ is based on "concern for people" and "concern for production."

• A) Managerial grid
• B) Path-goal theory
• C) University of Michigan studies
• D) University of Iowa studies

According to Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid, Country Club Management would have a score of:

• A) 5, 5
• B) 9, 1
• C) 9, 9
• D) 1, 9

Which of the following is the power that rests on the leader’s ability to punish or control?

• A) Expert power
• B) Reward power
• C) Referent power
• D) Coercive power

Which of the following represent the motivational approach in which organization financial statements are share with employees?

• A) Open book management
• B) Job sharing
• C) Stock sharing plan
• D) Empowerment