Free Leadership, Motivation and Teams MCQs with Answers
30 Leadership, Motivation and Teams MCQs from Introduction to Business, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
Leadership concerns influencing people through styles such as autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire leadership, while motivation explains effort through theories including Maslow, Herzberg and McGregor. Teamwork covers group roles, cohesion, communication, conflict, decision making and the difference between a work group and an effective team.
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- A. Showing concern for employee welfare and views
- B. Defining tasks and work procedures clearly
- C. Setting strict rules for every work activity
- D. Concentrating only on production targets
Explanation: Consideration means showing respect, support and concern for employees.
Correct answer: Showing concern for employee welfare and views- A. A leader's preferred reward system
- B. A leader's basic task or relationship orientation
- C. The level of team member competence
- D. The amount of authority held by a leader
Explanation: Fiedler uses the least-preferred coworker scale to assess whether a leader is mainly task-oriented or relationship-oriented.
Correct answer: A leader's basic task or relationship orientation- A. Increasing the leader's personal authority
- B. Maximising short-term output alone
- C. Maintaining strict control over decisions
- D. Developing followers and serving their needs
Explanation: Servant leadership places the growth, well-being and development of followers at the centre of leadership.
Correct answer: Developing followers and serving their needs- A. Difficult but attainable tasks with clear feedback
- B. Complete dependence on group approval
- C. Tasks with no personal responsibility for results
- D. Positions based mainly on personal popularity
Explanation: People with a high need for achievement prefer challenging but realistic goals and want feedback about their results.
Correct answer: Difficult but attainable tasks with clear feedback- A. Negative reinforcement
- B. Positive reinforcement
- C. Positive punishment
- D. Extinction
Explanation: Positive reinforcement strengthens behaviour by adding a desirable consequence, such as recognition.
Correct answer: Positive reinforcement- A. Obtain rewards without performing well
- B. Successfully perform a particular task
- C. Avoid all feedback from supervisors
- D. Control every factor affecting performance
Explanation: Self-efficacy is a person's belief in the ability to perform a specific task successfully.
Correct answer: Successfully perform a particular task- A. Members face no performance standards
- B. Members avoid disagreement in every discussion
- C. Members receive identical salaries and benefits
- D. Members can raise ideas and concerns without fear of humiliation
Explanation: Psychological safety allows team members to speak up, ask questions and admit mistakes without fear of interpersonal punishment.
Correct answer: Members can raise ideas and concerns without fear of humiliation- A. Task conflict
- B. Relationship conflict
- C. Status conflict
- D. Personal identity conflict
Explanation: Task conflict concerns the substance of work, including ideas, methods and priorities.
Correct answer: Task conflict- A. Functional team
- B. Cross-functional team
- C. Informal friendship group
- D. Vertical command team
Explanation: A cross-functional team brings together members from different organisational specialties to work on a shared project or problem.
Correct answer: Cross-functional team- A. The team excludes people with different views
- B. Members avoid discussing performance problems
- C. The team's norms support organisational goals
- D. Members value unity more than results
Explanation: Cohesion supports performance when members are committed to norms that encourage effective work and organisational objectives.
Correct answer: The team's norms support organisational goals