Which of the following is not a strength of the trait approach?
a. Self-confidence is the trait most important to leadership
b. It is appealing to identify special traits in leaders
c. More than a century of research has been conducted on traits
d. It provides a benchmark for what traits to look for in individuals
In SLII®, delegating is ineffective with subordinates who are very competent and
committed.
a. True
b. False
A strength of the Situational Leadership® approach is
a. It is a useful model for training and development
b. It has prescriptive value
c. It emphasizes leader flexibility
d. It clearly describes how competence is combined with commitment to determine D
levels
Which of the following is not a strength of transformational leadership approach?
a. Broadly researched
b. Intuitive appeal
c. Expansive leadership view
d. Elitist and anti-democratic
One of the GLOBE cultural dimensions, power distance, is defined as the degree to
which members of a group favor strategic physical distance close to or away from
others.
a. True
b. False
Which point on the Leadership Grid is proven to consistently be the best form of
leadership?
a. Authority compliance
b. Country club
c. There is no best style
d. Middle-of-the-road
e. Team behaviors
Transformational leaders are social architects because they
a. Create shared meanings for people within their organizations.
b. Maintain social relationships with individuals throughout the organization.
c. Develop social strategies and techniques.
d. Are strong, affable examples for their followers.
A global phenomenon whereby women are disproportionately concentrated in
lower-level and lower-authority leadership positions is the definition of
a. The leadership jungle gym
b. The global gender gap
c. The human capital gender gap
d. The gender gap in leadership
The trait approach focuses primarily on the leader, not on the followers or the situation.
a. True
b. False
The Nordic Europe leadership profile places low importance on which two global
leadership behaviors?
a. Participative and Self-protective
b. Autonomous and Charismatic/value-based
c. Self-protective and Participative
d. Humane-oriented and Self-protective
The servant leader characteristic in which the leader has vision and solves problems in
creative ways is similar to the problem-solving competency in which leadership
approach?
a. Behavioral
b. Skills
c. Transformational
d. Authentic
The term “follower” in adaptive leadership is mostly used only when discussing the
“holding environment.”
a. True
b. False
Which researcher (s) conceptualized motivation from the perspective of the expectancy
theory of motivation?
a. Kotter and Bennis
b. Vroom
c. Hersey and Blanchard
d. House
Which study viewed task and relationship behaviors as independent and on two
different continua?
a. Ohio State studies
b. Michigan studies
c. Blake and Mouton
d. Stogdill and Zacaro
Each week your supervisor holds a meeting in which he invites you and all the other
employees to give feedback regarding current projects. According to path-goal theory,
which behavior best describes your supervisor?
a. Supportive
b. Directive
c. Participative
d. Achievement oriented
Leadership decisions include all of the following except
a. Task or relational
b. Overt or covert
c. Monitor or take action
d. Internal or external