Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. A researcher surveyed 480 Australian law enforcement senior managers. The researcher speculates that clarification comes after rewarding behaviors because subordinates use the leaders’ history of rewarding extra work to form their perceptions of the current deal—if past promises of rewards have not been kept, then the clarification level in the current negotiation is likely to be low.
2. The Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership®1 Model has a leadership style called the telling style, which consists of highly directive, low-supportive leadership in which leaders give detailed instructions and use close monitoring with relatively little emotional support.
3. According to path-goal theory, it’s not the job of the leader to banish these nagging doubts from the minds of their followers and make them confident they can get the job done and receive the rewards they deserve. Followers need to be self-motivated and self-confident, so leaders should focus on selecting confident, capable employees.
4. For several years, Welch (former CEO of General Electric), had a forced distribution performance appraisal system that resulted in the bottom 10% of managers being fired (Welch, 2003). Welch personally fired many managers that he felt were not passionate enough about their jobs.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
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