According to the Path-Goal Theory of Leadership, What Type of Leadership

question 49

Multiple Choice

According to the path-goal theory of leadership, what type of leadership is being practiced that involves letting employees know precisely what is expected of them, giving them specific guidelines for performing tasks, scheduling work, setting standards of performance, and making sure that people follow standard rules and regulations.

• A) people-oriented leadership
• B) supportive leadership
• C) participative leadership
• D) achievement-oriented leadership
• E) directive leadership

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Definitions:

Price-Fixing

An illegal agreement among competitors to set prices at a certain level, rather than letting them be determined naturally by supply and demand.

Economic Efficiency

A state in which resources are allocated in a way that maximizes the production of goods and services at the lowest cost, while achieving the highest possible welfare or utility.

Negative Externalities

Costs experienced by third parties due to the actions of others that are not reflected in market prices.

Clayton Act

A U.S. antitrust law, adopted in 1914, aimed at protecting competition by prohibiting certain actions that lead to anticompetitiveness.