Helping followers to grow and succeed and creating value for the community are both
behaviors of which type of leadership?
a. Transformational leadership
b. Servant leadership
c. Authentic leadership
d. Transactional leadership
How do leaders identify adaptive challenges?
a. When beliefs, attitudes, and values are part of the challenge
b. When challenges stir up emotions
c. When there is a clear solution to the problem
d. When the problem is easily identified
Who explored leadership behavior on performance of small groups?
a. Ohio State studies
b. Stogdill
c. University of Michigan studies
d. Blake and Mouton
e. Katz
According to early LMX theory, which of the following is false?
a. The out-group has less influence with the leader than does the in-group
b. The leader usually expects extra duties from out-group members
c. In-group members are chosen on the basis of compatibility with the leader
d. Out-group members may not want to be in-group members
A negative feature of authentic leadership is that
a. It is a process that can be learned
b. The practical approach lacks substantial research support
c. It is appealing to people looking for good leaders
d. It provides ideas for how to develop as an authentic leader
In the situational approach, leadership style defines directive behaviors as those that
help group members in goal achievement via two-way communication.
a. True
b. False
Which cultural dimension is defined as the extent to which a society, organization, or
group relies on established social norms, rituals, and procedures to make things more
predictable and less unclear.
a. Power distance
b. Uncertainty avoidance
c. In-group collectivism
d. Gender egalitarianism
The four key elements of the definition of leadership used in the text are
a. Trait, goal, emergent, expert
b. Process, influence, group, goal
c. Values, ethics, process, performance
d. Capability, competency, skill, relationship
Which of the following are premises of the clinical paradigm?
a. There is irrationality behind every human act
b. There is rationality behind every human act
c. How individuals regulate and express emotions is central to a person’s identity
d. Human development is an intra- and interpersonal process
I go to work, get the job done and go home. I am most likely in the
a. In-group
b. Out-group
c. Mature partnership phase
d. Acquaintance phase
Which researcher developed a practical approach to authentic leadership?
a. Avolio
b. Walumbwa
c. George
d. Liden
The leader must match appropriate behaviors with a team member’s problem. This is
similar to the basic concepts in which theory?
a. Leader-member exchange
b. Situational approach
c. Authentic leadership
d. Servant leadership
With technical challenges, the leader should
a. Use authority and expertise to address it
b. Use authority to make people solve it
c. Use the rules of the organization to solve it
d. Use followers to do the menial work
Which scholar(s) created the Leadership Grid?
a. Stogdill
b. Blake and Mouton
c. French and Raven
d. Ohio State University researchers
I am a leader who carefully watches the complexity of the situation and takes
appropriate actions. I am using
a. Requisite variety
b. Mental modeling
c. Environmental actions
d. Social modeling
The culture and leadership research presented in the chapter is applicable to
a. Leadership training and development programs
b. Helping individuals to shape their cultural biases more clearly
c. Helping individuals become more empathic and accurate in communication with
others
d. Helping organizations understand other cultures to improve global team effectiveness