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1
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Why are the 3 types of leadership described by Burns?

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  • Transactional
  • Transformational
  • Psuedotransformational
2
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What type of leadership focuses on the exchanges that occur between leaders and their followers?

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Transactional

3
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Which type of leadership focuses on the leader’s own interests rather than the interests of their followers?

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Psuedotransformational

4
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Which type of leadership is the process of engaging with others to create a connection that increases motivation and morality in both the leader and the followers?

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Transformational Leadership.

5
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Describe the process of TL?

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is a process that changes and transforms individuals

6
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What is the influence of TL?

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involves an exceptional form of influence that moves followers to accomplish more than what is usually expected.

7
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What are the core elements of TL?

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Emotions, values, ethics, standards and long-term goals.

8
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What is the overall approach of TL?

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Describes a wide range of leadership influence where followers and leaders are bound together in the transformation process

9
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True of False.

The influence of TL can be positive and functional but also negative and dysfunctional?

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True.

10
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What is charisma?

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A special personality characteristic that gives a person superhuman or exceptional powers and its reserve for a few, is of divine origin, and results in the person being treated as a leader.

11
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What does “divine origin’ mean?

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Preselected.

12
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Define ideology:

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Set of ideas and beliefs interwoven of a topic (relates to the leader)

13
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What does the Charismatic Leadership Theory focus on?

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Charismatic leaders act in unique ways that have specific charismatic effects on their followers. Also talks about the affects on the followers.

14
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What are the personality traits that leaders posses? (Charismatic Leadership Theory)

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  • Dominant
  • Desire to influence
  • Self-confident
  • Strong Moral Values
15
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What are the behaviors that charismatic leaders demonstrate within the Theory of Charismatic Leadership?

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  • Sets strong role model
  • Shows competence
  • Articulates goals
  • Communicates high expectations
  • Expresses confidence
  • Arouses motives
16
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List some of the effects that leaders can have on their followers. (Charismatic Leadership Theory)

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  • Trust in leader’s ideology
  • Belief similarity between leader and follower
  • Unquestioning acceptance
  • Affection toward leader
  • Obedience
  • Identification with leader
  • Emotional involvement
  • Heightened goals
  • Increases confidence
17
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What is the term used for the absence of leadership?

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Laissez-Faire

18
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Which type of leaders take the “hands off and let it happen” approach?

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Laissez-Faire

19
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What do laissez-faire leaders demonstrate?

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  • abdicates responsibility
  • delays decisions
  • gives no feedback
  • makes litter effort to help satisfy the needs of the followers
20
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What is a contingent reward?

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The exchange that occurs between leaders and followers in which effort by the followers is exchanged for specified rewards.

21
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What is management by exception?

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Leadership that involves corrective criticism, regular feedback and regular reinforcement.

22
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What are the 2 types of management by exception and explain them.

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1) Active; watches followers closely to identify mistakes
2) Passive; intervenes only after standards have not been met or problem arises (this is not going to contribute to performance)