Leadership in Psychology Questions

 

 

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This is a 2-part assignment, complete all components for full credit

Part 1

Directions: thoughtfully respond to the following:

• Which contemporary leadership style (transactional, transformational, LMX, Authentic, Servant) is your favorite and what about it do you like?
• Which style would you most desire in a manager?
• How would you describe your personal leadership style?

Part 2: Rate your LMX as both a follower and leader. For your follower role, think of a manager you work with or leader that you know. In your leader role, think of your experience leading in a work, school or other setting. Record your responses and at the bottom, write your score for both.

LMX 7 Questionnaire

Instructions: This questionnaire contains items that ask you to describe your relationship with either your leader or one of your subordinates. For each of the items, indicate the degree to which you think the item is true for you by circling one of the responses that appear below the item.

1. Do you know where you stand with your leader (follower) . . . [and] do you usually know how satisfied your leader (follower) is with what you do?

Rarely

Occasionally

Sometimes

Fairly often

Very often

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2. How well does your leader (follower) understand your job problems and needs?

Not a bit

A little

A fair amount

Quite a bit

A great deal

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3. How well does your leader (follower) recognize your potential?

Not at all

A little

Moderately

Mostly

Fully

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4. Regardless of how much formal authority your leader (follower) has built into his or her position, what are the chances that your leader (follower) would use his or her power to help you solve problems in your work?

None

Small

Moderate

High

Very high

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5. Again, regardless of the amount of formal authority your leader (follower) has, what are the chances that he or she would “bail you out” at his or her expense?

None

Small

Moderate

High

Very high

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6. I have enough confidence in my leader (follower) that I would defend and justify his or her decision if he or she were not present to do so.

Strongly disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Strongly agree

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7. How would you characterize your working relationship with your leader (follower)?

Extremely ineffective

Worse than average

Average

Better than average

Extremely effective

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Scoring Interpretation

Although the LMX 7 is most commonly used by researchers to explore theoretical questions, you can also use it to analyze your own leadership style. You can interpret your LMX 7 scores using the following guidelines: very high  30–35, high  25–29, moderate  20–24, low  15–19, and very low  714. Scores in the upper ranges indicate stronger, higher-quality leader–member exchanges (e.g., in-group members), whereas scores in the lower ranges indicate exchanges of lesser quality (e.g., out-group members).

1. WHAT IS YOUR LEADER LMX SCORE?

2. WHAT IS YOUR FOLLOWER LMX SCORE?

3. What advice would you give yourself to raise your score, both as a leader and follower (tip, look at the antecedents and LMX tip sheet