Core Conflictual Relationship Themes
a. Occur in childhood but resolve by adulthood
b. Develop from early experiences with key individuals
c. Develop upon physical maturation in late teen years
d. Are recurring relationship patterns that we take into adulthood
Which study resulted in viewing task and relationship behaviors on two intersecting
axes?
a. Ohio State studies
b. Michigan studies
c. Blake and Mouton
d. Stogdill and Zacaro
The University of Michigan studies explored how leadership functioned in
a. Organizations
b. Follower interactions
c. Dyadic relationships
d. Small groups
e. Political environments
A major criticism of the trait approach is
a. It’s intuitive appeal
b. There is no definitive list of leadership traits
c. It highlights the leader component in the leadership process
d. Research on leadership traits is fairly new
Developed a capability model that includes individual attributes, competencies, and
leadership outcomes.
a. Katz
b. Stogdill
c. Goleman
d. Mumford et al.
e. Zaccaro
Which premise of the clinical paradigm describes how emotions are related to life
experiences and can have both positive and negative connotations that affect the choices
we make?
a. Mental life lies outside of conscious awareness
b. Human development is an intra- and interpersonal process
c. There is rationale behind every act
d. How we regulate and express emotions is central to a person’s identity
According to path-goal theory, when jobs are very complex, supportive leadership
should be provided.
a. True
b. False
Problems that lack clarity and cannot be solved by leader expertise or normal ways of
doing things in the organization are technical challenges.
a. True
b. False
46. The dyadic relationship in LMX is
a. Descriptive
b. Prescriptive
c. Unscripted
d. Both descriptive and prescriptive
Distributive team leadership functions can be performed by
a. The formal team leader
b. A team member
c. Someone on another team
d. A collaborative member of another team
In the workplace, we act out core conflictual relationship themes onto others and then
react to others based on
a. Their perceived reactions
b. Their actual actions
c. Their perceived emotions
d. Their demonstrated emotions
The psychodynamic approach to leadership suggests that only through accepting and
explaining undercurrents of human behavior
a. Can we begin to understand complex organizations
b. Will decision making be easy
c. Can we understand human motivation
d. Will we understand leadership