Exam 2 short answer Flashcards

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What are the four components of transformational leadership?

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  1. individualized consideration.
  2. intellectual stimluation
  3. inspirational motivation
  4. idealized influence
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what is individualized consideration?

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Gives personal attention, treats each employee individually, coaches, advises.

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What is intellectual stimulation?

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Promotes intelligence, rationality, and careful problem solving.

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what is inspirational motivation?

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Communicates high expectations, uses symbols to focus efforts, expresses important purposes in simple ways.

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what is idealzied influence?

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Provides vision and sense of mission, instills pride, gains respect and trust.

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What is vroom expectency theory?

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a tendency to act in a certain way depends on whether we expect the act will be followed by a specific outcome & whether we find that outcome attractive

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what are the three relationships in vrooms expetency theory?

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  1. expentancy
  2. instrumentality
  3. valence
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what is expectancy

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effort to performance relationship

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what is instrumentality?

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performance to reward relationship

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what is valence?

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rewards to personal goals relationship

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What is the expentancy or effort to performance relationship

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the probability perceived by the individual that exerting a given amount of effort will lead to performance

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what is the instrumentality or the performance to reward relationship

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the degree to which the individual believes that performing at a particular level will lead to the attainment of a desired outcome

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what is the valence or rewards to personal goals relationship

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the degree to which organizational rewards satisfy an individual’s personal goals

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What are the five characteristics of the job characteristics theory?

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  1. skill variety
  2. task identity
  3. task significance
  4. autnomy
  5. feedback
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what is skill variety?

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is the degree to which the job requires a variety of different activities, so the worker can use a number of different skills and talent.

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what is task identity

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is the degree to which the job requires completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work

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what is task significance?

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is the degree to which the job has a substantial impact on the lives or work of other people.

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what is autonomy?

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employees have substantial freedom, independence, and discretion in scheduling and carrying out their work

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what is feedback?

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employees receive direct and clear information about the effectiveness their performance.