The intuitive appeal of the skills approach is
a. Because it is available to everyone
b. Because skills can be learned
c. Because we can identify with the leader
d. Because skills transform followers
Which cultural dimension had no high-score clusters?
a. Future orientation
b. Gender egalitarianism
c. Power distance
d. Uncertainty avoidance
To create change, transformational leaders ______________.
a. Focus on the task at hand
b. Become strong role models for their followers
c. Value out-group members’ opinions
d. Leave followers to work on their own
The original work on the theory of charismatic leadership was completed by House.
a. True
b. False
The psychodynamic approach to leadership focuses on
a. The effects of behavior in organizations
b. The dynamics of personality
c. The effects of behavior on the leader
d. The dynamics of human behavior
Which of the following is not one of the four premises of the clinical paradigm?
a. There is irrationality behind every act
b. Regulating emotions is less important than regulating actions
c. Much of mental life lies outside of conscious awareness
d. We are products of interpersonal experiences
Follower development level in SLII® is determined by level of
a. Competence and commitment
b. Social judgment and cognitive ability
c. Sociability and determination
d. Task and directive behaviors
In the Leadership Grid, the 9, 9 type of leader prefers the middle ground, soft-pedals
disagreement, and swallows convictions in the interest of progress.
a. True
b. False
When a leader uses skills to improve the task performance effectiveness of the team he
is using
a. Environmental leadership monitoring processes
b. External leadership action processes
c. Internal relational leadership actions
d. Internal task leadership actions
Which of the following scholars presented an alternative transformational perspective
that included vision, social architect, trust, and positive self-regard?
a. Bennis and Nanus
b. Graen and Uhl-Bien
c. MacGregor Burns
d. Kouzes and Posner
Which of the following leadership approaches is used extensively in leadership training
programs?
a. Trait
b. Skills
c. Authentic
d. Servant
What are the factors of authentic leadership called that predispose a leader’s capacity to
develop components of authentic leadership?
a. Internalized moral perspectives
b. The dimensions of authentic leadership
c. Resiliency factors
d. Positive psychological attributes
It is accurate to say that directive leadership
a. Attempts to make work challenging.
b. Provides performance standards.
c. Invites shared decision making.
d. Is feedback oriented.
In adaptive leadership, leaders and followers mutually affect each other, making
leadership a complex interactive process. This is
a. A criticism of adaptive leadership
b. A strength of adaptive leadership
c. The formal definition of adaptive leadership
d. The definition of a technical leadership problem
Which type of leadership gives no feedback and makes little effort to help followers
satisfy their needs?
a. Charismatic
b. Transactional
c. Laissez-faire
d. Democratic
A leader who communicates high expectations, shows competence, and sets a strong
role model is using behaviors of
a. Situational leadership
b. Path-goal leadership
c. Transactional leadership
d. Charismatic leadership