MGMT 301 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Moral Agency, Equity Theory, Employee Engagement
6 May 2018
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1. Which of the following leadership theories assumes leaders do not treat all followers in
the same way and, instead focuses on the relationships between managers and their
employees?
a. Leader-member exchange (LMX)
b. Trait theory
c. Behavioral styles theory
d. Contingency theory
e. Transformational leader theory
2. Ellen as a manager, has always been driven by scheduling, directing group activities,
planning, and trying out new ideas. For her, meeting deadlines is critical and she always
gives explicit standards of performance. Ellen can be described as high on which of
these?
a. Transformation
b. Delegating
c. Consideration
d. Participating
e. Initiating structure
3. According to the life cycle theory of leadership, “telling” leader behavior comprises____
initiating structure____ consideration.
a. High; low
b. Low; high
c. Low; low
d. High; high
e. Moderate; moderate
4. Ron believes he has quite a unique style of leadership. He waits around for mistakes and
errors from his employees and then takes corrective action as necessary. Ron’s style can
be described as which of these?
a. Passive management-by-exception
b. Contingent reward transactional
c. Laissez-Faire
d. Active management-by-exception
e. Transformational
5. Kelley’s attribution model suggests that people attribute behavior to internal causes when
they perceive ____, _____, and _____.
a. High consensus; low distinctiveness; high consistency
b. Low consensus; low distinctiveness; high consistency
c. Low consensus; high distinctiveness; high consistency
d. High consensus; low distinctiveness; low consistency
e. High consensus; high distinctiveness; low consistency
6. S.o works in radio station – ppl like her – what kind of power does she have?
-referent
7. Jill is a sales representative for a large pharmaceutical corporation. According to the
current compensation system, if Jill meets her target for the quarterly sales projection, she
will receive a bonus equivalent to 4% of her annual salary. Jill is working hard to meet
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the sales goal so that she can use that bonus money as a down payment of a new car for
herself. Which of the following is true regarding Jill’s motivation.
a. It comes from a sense of competence
b. It comes from a sense of progress
c. It is a consequence of job redesign
d. It is intrinsically motivated
e. It is extrinsically motivated
8. _____ conflict is experienced when personal vales conflict with each other.
a. Work-family
b. Intrapersonal value
c. Interpersonal value
d. Individual-organization value
e. Attitude-norm
9. _____ have affective, cognitive, and behavioral components.
a. Skills
b. Values
c. Attitudes
d. Abilities
e. Needs
10. You are unlikely to say anything to someone using a cell phone in a restaurant if you
believe cell phone use helps people manage their busy lives. Your belief reflects the ____
component of your attitude toward people using cell phones in restaurants.
a. Behavioral
b. Objective
c. Cognitive
d. Normative
e. affective
11. s.o was promised that the bonus would be a year after getting the job in the interview –
but she got bonus 6mths into the job, job is challenging, colleagues are willing to help.
She rated “high satisfaction”. What kind of job satisfaction did she have?
a. expectation discrepancies
12. Personal feelings of self-satisfaction and accomplishment are examples of _____ rewards.
A. extrinsic
B. social
C. intrinsic
D. material
E. financial
13. Someone got a bonus, he feels like the bonus is good but the way they determine the
bonus was not right. Annual bonuses were recently
-> high distributive justice, low procedural justice
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Document Summary
For her, meeting deadlines is critical and she always gives explicit standards of performance. He waits around for mistakes and errors from his employees and then takes corrective action as necessary. Referent: jill is a sales representative for a large pharmaceutical corporation. According to the current compensation system, if jill meets her target for the quarterly sales projection, she will receive a bonus equivalent to 4% of her annual salary. Jill is working hard to meet the sales goal so that she can use that bonus money as a down payment of a new car for herself. > high distributive justice, low procedural justice: someone takes a history course but she doesn"t want a degree she is: Although he put 10 hours of overtime last week, he received the same pay as a co-worker who didn"t put in any overtime. This week he decided to take an extra hour for lunch every day.
