Leadership Styles, Team Dynamics, and Workplace Well-being
Types of Leaders
Question: Which of the following are types of leaders?
Answer: Laissez-faire, democratic, autocratic.
Defining Leadership
Question: Leadership is:
Answer: A set of characteristics that make a good leader.
Key Characteristics of a Leader
Question: Which of these are characteristics of a leader?
Answer: Inspiration, confidence, and delegation.
Understanding Political Leadership
Question: A political leader is:
Answer: A leader defined by their field or domain.
The Paternalistic Leader
Question: A paternalistic leader is the one who:
Answer: Tolerates the opinion of the community, but decides the goals.
What is a Work Team?
Question: A work team is:
Answer: A group that works together to achieve an objective.
Defining Working Climate
Question: Working Climate is:
Answer: The environment where daily work takes place.
Impact of Working Climate Quality
Question: The quality of the working climate directly influences:
Answer: The satisfaction of the workers and business productivity.
How is Interaction Performed?
Question: How is the interaction performed?
Answer: A and C are correct.
Importance of Social Interaction
Question: Social interaction is very important because:
Answer: It is fundamental in the development of a person.
Leadership Allowing Employee Participation
Question: Which kind of leadership allows the participation and opinion of employees?
Answer: Democratic leadership.
Achieving Better Work Team Results
Question: According to work teams, what is important to obtain a better job result?
Answer:
- Roles
- Common goals
- Communication
- Leadership
- Cohesive teams
Synergy in Work Teams
Question: What does synergy mean, when we refer to it as the main advantage of work teams?
Answer: The product of the effort of several persons who are organized, integrated well, and motivated brings much more than individual work.
Understanding Cooperation
Question: What does cooperation mean?
Answer: Two or more people act jointly in the pursuit of well-being.
Sources of Power
Question: Which are the 5 sources of the origin of power?
Answer:
- Reward power
- Power to punish
- Legitimate power
- Referent power
- Expert power
Elements of Social Interaction
Question: Which are the elements of social interaction?
Answer:
- Relationship by reason of status
- Relationship by reason of role
- Relationship by reason of the process
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Question: According to Maslow’s pyramid, in which order are the necessities placed?
Answer: Physiological, security, social, self-esteem, and self-actualization.
Factors Preventing a Pleasant Working Environment
Question: Which are the factors that prevent a pleasant working environment?
Answer:
- Defensive communication
- Authoritarian leadership
- Absence of unity and belonging to the team
- Lack of job motivation
Definition of Psychosocial Factors (ILO)
Question: According to the International Labour Organization, what is the definition of psychosocial factors?
Answer: Psychosocial factors consist of the interactions between work, its environment, job satisfaction, and the conditions of its organization, on one hand, and on the other hand, the capacities of the worker, their necessities, their culture, and their personal situation outside of work, all of which, through perceptions and experiences, can influence health, performance, and job satisfaction.
Emergence of Psychosocial Factor Awareness
Question: When did the concern for psychosocial factors and their relation with occupational health start to appear?
Answer: In the decade of 1970s.
First Document on Psychosocial Factors
Question: Which organism published the first document about psychosocial factors?
Answer: ILO.
Negative Effects of Psychosocial Factors
Question: What are the effects of a psychosocial factor if it affects in a negative way?
Answer: Accidents, demotivation, absenteeism, etc.
Negative Consequences of Teamwork
Question: According to the benefits of work in teams, could this method have negative consequences?
Answer: Yes, because there is a risk that teamworking could increase employee stress levels by enhancing work pressure.
When is a Team Effective?
Question: When is a team effective?
Answer: When all members understand that the team as a whole is more important than a member separately, being able to achieve the objectives.
Leadership Involving Followers as Liaison
Question: According to the types of leadership, which of them involves their followers and their leader is a liaison?
Answer: Laissez-faire leadership.
The “Super Ego” Psychic Instance
Question: The psychic instance known as “Super Ego”…
Answer: Represents the moral and ethical thoughts received by the culture.