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Hughes: Leadership, 4e
Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience, 4/e
Richard L Hughes, Center for Creative Leadership
Robert C Ginnett, Center for Creative Leadership
Gordon J Curphy, The Blandin Foundation
Characteristics of the Situation

Chapter Quiz



1

More recent leadership theories have explored how situational factors affect leader's behavior.
A)True
B)False
2

The core of the Congruence Model has three components.
A)True
B)False
3

The first component in the job characteristics model is feedback.
A)True
B)False
4

Perhaps the hardest way to explain task structure is by using an example demonstrating the difference between a structured and unstructured task.
A)True
B)False
5

People vary in preferences.
A)True
B)False
6

Diversity is no longer merely the politically correct facade of leadership; it is essential to quality and survival in a rapidly changing world.
A)True
B)False
7

Typically, greater horizontal complexity is associated with more specialization within subunits and an increased likelihood for communication breakdowns between subunits.
A)True
B)False
8

The greatest advantage of the matrix design is that employees end up working for one boss.
A)True
B)False
9

One of the most basic abstractions is .
A)role theory
B)situational levels
C)global scale
D)customer segmentation
E)cross function
10

__________ refers to the degree to which a situation or task requires completion of a whole unit of work from beginning to end with a visible computer.
A)task identity
B)task significance
C)task structure
D)task results
E)task autonomy
11

__________ is the degree to which a job substantially impacts other's lives.
A)Task identity
B)Task structure
C)Task significance
D)Task autonomy
E)Task results
12

__________ is the degree to which a job provides an individual with some control over what he does and how he does it.
A)Identity
B)Structure
C)Results
D)Autonomy
E)Significance
13

__________ vary in their preferences for, or ability to handle, structural versus unstructured tasks.
A)Managers
B)Followers
C)Leaders
D)Committees
E)People
14

__________ concerns the degree to which tasks require coordinators and synchronization in order for work groups or teams to accomplish desired goals.
A)Task identity
B)Task structure
C)Task interdependence
D)Task significance
E)Task autonomy
15

__________ concerns one's hierarchical level in an organization.
A)Level of structure
B)Level of authority
C)Level of responsibility
D)Level of responsibility
E)Level of demands
F)Level of complexity
16

__________ refers to the way an organization's activities are coordinated and controlled, and represents another level of the situation in which leaders and followers must operate.
A)Organizational structure
B)Managerial structure
C)Leadership structure
D)Follower structure
E)Employee structure
17

__________ refers to the number of hierarchical levels appearing on an organization chart.
A)Vertical issues
B)Vertical complexity
C)Vertical autonomy
D)Vertical horizons
E)Vertical coordination
18

__________ describes the degree of standardization in an organization.
A)Formulation
B)Structure
C)Variables
D)Decisions
E)Procedures
19

The __________ is a combination of the product and functional designs.
A)matrix structure
B)matrix organization
C)matrix functions
D)matrix design
E)matrix plans
20

Another environmental variable that affects the leadership process is the presence or absence of .
A)incidents
B)games
C)staffs
D)crises
E)directives




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