The early studies in LMX reported that
a. After the in-groups are formed, the vertical dyads are formed
b. After the out-groups are formed, the vertical dyads are formed
c. The vertical dyads form the basis for in-group and out-group formation
d. The vertical dyads are independent from in-group and out-group formation
The directive leadership behavior is similar to
a. Delegating in the SLII model
b. Initiating structure in the Ohio State studies
c. Consideration in the University of Michigan studies
d. Employee orientation in the University of Michigan studies
Understanding the nature of leadership has proved to be quite the challenge for
practitioners
and researchers because
a. Its appeal is limited to academics and scholars.
b. Very little research has been done.
c. It has not received much attention.
d. It is a highly valued phenomenon that is very complex.
During the early phases of leadership making, leaders look for what qualities in
followers?
a. Agreeableness and cooperation
b. Good humor and intelligence
c. Enthusiasm and participation
d. Pleasantness and trustworthiness
Before LMX theory, researchers treated leadership as something
a. Leaders did toward all of their followers
b. Present within the individual actions of followers
c. Existing between the leader and each of his or her followers
d. As an exclusively two-way, one-dimensional form of communication
When I am monitoring the team by watching and assessing how the team is functioning
as a whole I am
a. Monitoring the internal environment
b. Monitoring the external environment
c. Monitoring the organizational resource environment
d. Monitoring the external team conflicts
This challenging new project is exciting and I cannot wait to see how great it is going to
be when I am finished. Which leadership style would help me the most?
a. Directive behaviors
b. Participative behaviors
c. Supportive behaviors
d. Achievement behaviors
Tasks that are unclear and ambiguous call for leadership input that
a. Provides structure.
b. Provides support.
c. Removes obstacles.
d. Is achievement oriented.
Which statement describes the pipeline of women in the workforce?
a. Women lack the training and human capital that prepares them for upper management
b. Men have better training and human capital than women, which prepares them for
upper management
c. Women have the training and human capital that prepares them for upper
management
d. Training and human capital is not an issue with the leadership labyrinth
The essence of leadership according to the psychodynamic approach is
a. The ability to understand the emotion-behavior connection
b. Removing difficult task characteristics helps followers develop
c. The ability to use motivational patterns to influence others
d. Removing conflictual follower interactions leads to leader success
The style approach is not heuristic.
a. True
b. False
Followers with the desire to exceed expectations benefit from
a. Directive leadership
b. Participative leadership
c. Supportive leadership
d. Achievement-oriented leadership
You are president of a large corporation. At a typical monthly meeting, each of your
vice presidents gives standard area reports. In the past, these reports have been good,
and the VPs seem satisfied about their work. Based on SLII®, which leadership style
should you exhibit at the next meeting?
a. Style 1
b. Style 2
c. Style 3
d. Style 4
Which is not a stereotype of gender influences on leadership?
a. Females are sometimes too masculine
b. Females are sometimes not feminine enough
c. Males have more communal characteristics
d. Males have more agentic characteristics
Jennifer can see that her leader sometimes directs the team and sometimes tries to build
relationships with the group. She does not change her behaviors based on whom she is
interacting with; Jennifer just can pick out when she uses these two different styles.
Jennifer’s leader is using
a. Situational leadership
b. Path-goal leadership
c. Skills leadership
d. Behavioral leadership
The prescriptive part of authentic leadership connects the
a. Moral reasoning capacity with hope and optimism
b. Five dimensions of authentic leadership to the associated behaviors
c. Inter- and intrapersonal perspectives with the developmental perspective
d. Positive psychological capacities with intrapersonal perspectives
Greenleaf includes in his definition of servant leadership
a. Being taken care of by the servant follower
b. An emphasis on leaders first serving others
c. The servant follower serving others first
d. The servant follower serving the leader first
During the early phases of leadership making, a key predictor of relationship quality for
both
leaders and followers is follower performance.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following bases of power are considered positional power?
a. Information
b. Referent
c. Coercive
d. Reward
e. Expert
In the fight-flight assumption there is a tendency to
a. Split the world into haves and have-nots
b. Split the world into “like me” and “like them”
c. Split the world into friend or foe
d. Split the work into competitive teams