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Situational leadership requires adjusting the leader- emphasis



1. Hersey and Blanchard argue that situational leadership requires adjusting the leader- emphasis on task behaviors and relationship behaviors according to the __________. 
a) readiness of followers to perform their tasks. 
b) readiness of leaders to empower their followers. 
c) willingness of leaders to interact with their followers. 
d) willingness of followers to embrace a broad zone of indifference. 
e) leader- position power. 

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the four styles of leadership identified by Hersey and Blanchard? 
a) delegating. 		b) participating. 		c) selling. 
d) telling. 
e) motivating. 


3. According to Hersey and Blanchard, a telling style of leadership is best for __________. 
a) low follower readiness. 
b) low to moderate follower readiness. 
c) moderate to high follower readiness. 
d) high follower readiness. 
e) veteran employees who are highly prepared for a particular job. 


4. According to Hersey and Blanchard, a __________ style of leadership is best for high 
follower readiness. 
a) delegating. 			b) directing. 
c) participating. 		d) selling. 
e) telling. 


5. Use of __________ requires the leader to develop the capability to diagnose the demands of situations in terms of follower readiness and then to choose and implement the appropriate leadership response. 
a) attribution theory. 
b) Hersey and Blanchard- situational leadership theory. 
c) House- path-goal theory. d) Graen- Leader-Member Exchange Theory. 
e) Fiedler- contingency theory. 





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