Pat Smith is personnel director for a large bank. Her major goal is to find a person who
can
adapt his or her leadership to different types of people and situations. Pat is basing her
selections
on
a. The great person approach
b. The trait approach
c. The skills approach
d. Leader emergence theory
e. Crystallized cognitive ability
Followers who have internal locus of control benefit from
a. Directive leadership
b. Participative leadership
c. Supportive leadership
d. Achievement-oriented leadership
General cognitive ability is similar to which of the five leadership traits in this text?
a. Sociability
b. Dominance
c. Extraversion
d. Intelligence
e. Self-confidence
There is just one person in our group, Silvia, who seems to have radically different
ideas about how to complete our project. She seems to purposely disagree with the
majority opinions of the rest of us though yesterday she said something that made a lot
of sense to help us solve our production problem. I suggested to the entire group today
that we hear Silvia’s suggestions and asked Silvia to share in-depth more of what she
said yesterday. I am using which adaptive leader behavior?
a. Protect leadership voices from below
b. Regulate distress
c. Give the work back to the people
d. Maintain disciplined attention
Which behavior am I using when I analyze and diagnose a new challenge?
a. Identify adaptive challenges
b. Get on the balcony
c. Protect leadership voices from below
d. Work avoidance
The research on authentic leadership is well developed.
a. True
b. False
I consistently tell the truth and am fair with my employees. Furthermore, I feel a strong
moral obligation to make decisions that do not infringe on the rights of my staff. I am
applying the concepts of which ethical theory?
a. Deontological
b. Teleological
c. Altruism
d. Virtue-based
Kathleen regularly meets with and coaches each of her followers in hopes to help them
reach their full potential. With some she is directive and with others she provides strong
affiliation. She is using
a. Transactional leadership
b. Situational leadership
c. Transformational leadership
d. Path-goal leadership
Skills approach provides a structure consistent with leadership education programs.
a. True
b. False
According to Harris, Wheeler, and Kacmar, what moderates the impact of
leader-member
exchange on job outcomes?
a. Empowerment
b. Enthusiasm
c. Cooperation
d. Amount of experience