A strength of the psychodynamic approach is
a. It focuses on the conscious thoughts and behaviors of leaders
b. It categorizes overt behaviors in organizations
c. It provides broad investigation of organizations
d. It addresses undercurrents of organizational life
Levinson extended the work of and collaborated with the work at Menninger Clinic and
applied psychodynamic theory to management and leadership. He linked the failure of
managers to effectively contain anxieties of workers to
a. Low employee turnover
b. High employee turnover
c. Low employee production
d. Employee depression
A meta-analysis comparing the effectiveness of female and male leaders found all of
these except
a. Overall, women and men were equally effective leaders.
b. Women and men were more effective in leadership roles congruent with their gender.
c. Men were more effective than women in government and education organizations.
d. Women led in a more democratic style than men.
Which of the following is a strength of the trait approach?
a. It includes behaviors as a central component
b. It is used in many leadership training and development programs
c. It helps followers fulfill their need to see their leaders as gifted and special
d. It has a definitive set of traits that researchers agree upon
Which of the following are the major components of the adaptive leadership model?
a. Leader behaviors
b. Complexity leadership
c. Situational challenges
d. Biological adaptations
The trait approach successfully identified one list of specific leader traits.
a. True
b. False
Higher-quality exchanges produce
a. Higher employee turnover
b. Less positive performance evaluations
c. Better job attitudes
d. Faster career progress
e. More out-group than in-group members
Global leadership behaviors include all of these except
a. Self-directive leadership
b. Team-oriented leadership
c. Participative leadership
d. Autonomous leadership
Research shows that male leaders tend to have better-developed social skills than
female leaders.
a. True
b. False
Internal relational leadership actions include all of these except
a. Collaborating: including, involving.
b. Managing conflict and power issues.
c. Building commitment.
d. Networking and forming alliances.