Path-Goal Theory States That Leaders Should Apply the Participative Style

question 82

Multiple Choice

Path-goal theory states that leaders should apply the participative style when:

• A)the employee has an external locus of control.
• B)the employee lacks job experience.
• C)the task is routine.
• D)all of these conditions exist.
• E)none of these conditions exist.

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Definitions:

Parasympathetic System

Part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for conserving energy and slowing down the body's responses, counterbalancing the sympathetic system.

Sympathetic

Referring to the part of the autonomic nervous system that typically stimulates responses associated with fight or flight, such as increased heart rate.

Accelerator

A substance, device, or mechanism that increases the speed of a process or reaction.

Weiss (1971)

Reference to research by Weiss, often associated with studies on social isolation or the effects of stress on health.