5. Leader-member exchange and inspirational leadership
For each scenario, identify what kind of leadership is involved.
Example
Kind of Leadership
When employees raise problems at staff meetings, Jonna doesn’t solve them. Instead, she asks the employees what approaches they would like to try. Her employees know they can suggest any solutions, even those that imply criticism of Jonna’s management.
To motivate longtime employees who are at or past retirement age to stay with the company so the organization does not lose their expertise and deep relationships with customers, Columbia Office Furniture structures its retirement savings plan to make larger contributions to these employees’ accounts each year.
Use your knowledge of inspirational leadership to answer the following questions.
What is the relationship between leader-follower communication and performance in in-groups and out-groups?
For in-groups, more communication is predictive of higher performance, for out-groups, more communication is predictive of lower performance.
For both in-groups and out-groups, more communication is predictive of higher performance.
For in-groups, more communication is predictive of lower performance, for out-groups, more communication is predictive of higher performance.
For both in-groups and out-groups, more communication is predictive of lower performance.
Which of the following are dimensions of transformational leadership? Check all that apply.
Ambition
Use of rewards
Intellectual stimulation
Individualized consideration
Which of the following best describes charismatic leadership?
Charismatic leadership always produces negative behaviors in followers.
Charismatic leadership can lead to both positive and negative behaviors in followers.
Charismatic leadership always produces positive behaviors in followers.
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