Which of the following is not listed as a gender difference in the leadership labyrinth?
a. Self-promotion
b. Cross-pressures
c. Style and effectiveness
d. Commitment and motivation
Our team has been working on a difficult problem for the past week. As the team leader,
I sense that the group has a pretty good idea of the issues surrounding the problem. I
share with them that I know they can solve it and I encourage them to keep thinking
about good solutions.
I am using primarily which adaptive leadership behavior?
a. Identify adaptive challenges
b. Regulate distress
c. Give the work back to the people
d. Maintain disciplined attention
Under servant leadership, followers may become servant leaders themselves. This is an
example of what?
a. Organizational performance
b. Leadership duplication
c. Follower performance and growth
d. Societal impact
A leader who lets followers take responsibility for task accomplishment and has less
involvement with followers is using
a. Directing behaviors
b. Supporting behaviors
c. Delegating behaviors
d. Coaching behaviors
The faculty member on my study abroad trip to Costa Rica has traveled there many
times and is quite knowledgeable about the country and places we visited. She gave us
guidance about the country, local culture, and safety issues while we were interning
with the local farmers. The faculty member was using
a. Referent power
b. Positional power
c. Coercive power
d. Expert power
I am a leader of a team of eight employees. In LMX, what is the maximum number of
groups this team could be categorized into based on vertical dyadic relationships?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 8
Our food product development team has an excellent sense of team unity and employs a
spirit of camaraderie in daily operations together. Which characteristic of team
excellence is our team displaying?
a. Results-driven structure
b. Clear norms of conduct
c. Coaching atmosphere
d. Unified commitment
Pseudotransformational leadership could be described as a form of socialized
leadership.
a. True
b. False
Heifetz uses the term holding environment to mean one with trust, nurturance, and
empathy.
a. True
b. False
All of the following are characteristics of out-group members except
a. Defined roles
b. Non-negotiating behavior
c. Innovative ideas
d. Operation strictly within role