Research on gender and leadership has been conducted primarily in
a. Western contexts
b. The United States of America
c. Eastern European contexts
d. Southeast Asian contexts
Which of the following is a planning and budgeting management function?
a. Create a vision
b. Build teams and coalitions
c. Setting timetables
d. Aligning people
When women experience multiple gender-based threats, they are likely to respond with
a. Self-efficacy
b. Stereotype-countering behaviors
c. Reactance
d. Deleterious vulnerability
In a meta-analysis by Eagly and Johnson, women were found to lead
a. In a more interpersonal style than men
b. In a less task-oriented style than men
c. In a more democratic style than men
d. In a more egalitarian style than men
Differences between management and leadership include
a. Leaders are emotionally involved, whereas managers have low emotional
involvement
b. Managers shape ideas, whereas leaders are reactive in solving problems
c. Leaders are unidirectional influencers, whereas managers are multidirectional
influencers
d. Leaders are controlling, whereas managers are motivating
Which answer best describes the elements of a model of transformational leadership?
a. Idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, individualized
consideration
b. Laissez-faire, contingent reward, management by exception, corrective transactions
c. Supporting, controlling, delegating, directing
d. Forming, storming, norming, performing
Internal task leadership actions include all of the following except
a. Collaborating.
b. Goal focusing.
c. Structuring for results.
d. Organizing.
The history of the psychodynamic approach provides context for the study of leadership
by
a. Empirically testing emotional responses to follower actions
b. Providing a chronology of the dynamics and functioning of leaders and organizations
c. Informing leaders about their psychological dysfunctions
d. Studying in the chronology of wartime abuses of power
A leader who makes sure the personal and social needs of followers are met is
displaying
a. Country club behaviors
b. Authority compliance behaviors
c. Middle-of-the-road behaviors
d. Team behaviors
e. Impoverished behaviors
The main goal of Mumford et al.’s research was
a. To identify effective human leadership skills
b. To understand military structure
c. To explain the elements of effective performance
d. To refute Katz’s work on administrative skills
Team leadership research started focusing on more than just outcomes in the
a. 1990s.
b. 1960s.
c. 1980s.
d. 1970s.
Diversity is an approach or system that concentrates on one culture.
a. True
b. False
Collectively among all the research on the Behavioral Approach, what is one consistent
finding from the research?
a. The high task€high relationship style is best
b. The middle-of-the-road style is what most followers prefer
c. The opportunistic style is what most leaders use
d. There was no universal style determined to be best
Purposely choosing to give a civil rights speech in a location that is symbolic of past
civil rights successful actions is an example of a leader using what transformational
factor?
a. Intellectual stimulation
b. Contingent reward
c. Inspirational motivation
d. Management by exception-active
The three main components of the servant leadership model are
a. Authenticity, antecedent conditions, motivation
b. Conceptualization, servant leader behaviors, performance outcomes
c. Idealized consideration, performance outcomes, servant leader behaviors
d. Servant leader behaviors, antecedent conditions, leadership outcomes
Which is not a social judgment skill?
a. Perspective taking
b. Behavioral flexibility
c. Social performance
d. Knowledge acquisition
The leader is at the core of group change and activity, representing the backbone of the
group
or organization. Leadership is viewed as
a. Focus of group processes
b. Personality perspective
c. Leadership as an act
d. Leadership as a behavior
A leader who has intermediate concern for both tasks and relationships is displaying
a. Country club behaviors
b. Authority compliance behaviors
c. Middle-of-the-road behaviors
d. Team behaviors
e. Impoverished behaviors
High level of interpersonal skills in mid-level management is consistent with the
principles in which leadership model?
a. Katz’s Skills Model
b. Blake and Mouton’s Leadership Grid
c. The Practical Authentic Leadership Model
d. The Full Model of Transformational Leadership
The skills approach framework
a. Can be applied at all levels of leadership
b. Has been applied to many formal training programs
c. Has been widely used in formal training programs
d. Can be applied to followership training programs