Leadership And Organizational Behavior Flashcards
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Which leadership theory focuses on the exchange relationship between leader and follower, where compliance is motivated by rewards and punishments?
Answer: Transactional Leadership Theory
Transactional leadership is based on a quid pro quo — followers receive rewards for performance and consequences for failure to meet expectations.
A team experiencing 'groupthink' is MOST at risk of:
Answer: Making poor decisions because dissenting views are suppressed
Groupthink occurs when the desire for harmony and conformity overrides critical evaluation, leading to flawed or irrational decisions.
According to Kotter's 8-Step Change Model, what is the FIRST step when leading organizational change?
Answer: Establishing a sense of urgency
Kotter identifies creating urgency as the foundation — without it, employees lack motivation to abandon the status quo.
An MEM student is analyzing why a technically sound engineering initiative failed after implementation. The MOST likely organizational behavior factor is:
Answer: Lack of stakeholder buy-in and change management planning
Technical soundness alone rarely determines project success; organizational resistance and poor change management are leading causes of initiative failure.
In equity theory, an employee who perceives they are underrewarded relative to peers will MOST likely:
Answer: Reduce their effort or seek to restore equity through other means
Adams' Equity Theory predicts that perceived inequity creates tension, motivating individuals to reduce inputs or change their comparison referent to restore balance.
Which of the following best describes a 'learning organization' as defined by Peter Senge?
Answer: An organization that continually expands its capacity to create its desired future through shared vision and systems thinking
Senge's 'The Fifth Discipline' defines a learning organization through five disciplines: systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, and team learning.
An engineering leader who attributes a team member's consistent lateness to 'being lazy' rather than considering traffic or family obligations is demonstrating:
Answer: The fundamental attribution error
The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to attribute others' behaviors to personal character traits while underestimating situational factors.