How does servant leadership differ from path-goal theory?
a. Focuses on the behaviors leaders should exhibit to put followers first.
b. Is unconcerned with the way leaders should treat followers.
c. Focuses on the need for leaders to perfect themselves before helping others.
d. Makes the need for task completion necessary before relationships can thrive.
Having a common goal that both the leader and followers agree on is central to which
ethical leadership principle?
a. Serves others
b. Builds community
c. Shows justice
d. Respects others
Only leaders at the top level of an organization can effectively apply task and
relationship behaviors.
a. True
b. False
Which skills model competency consists of creating a schema for learning and
organizing data?
a. Personality
b. Knowledge
c. Perceptive taking
d. Career experiences
When women use a more masculine manner of leadership
a. Their leadership was devalued
b. Their leadership was viewed positively
c. Their leadership was viewed as ineffective
d. Their leadership was viewed as effective
The process toward which adaptive leaders direct their work defines
a. Technical work
b. Creative work
c. The holding environment
d. Adaptive work
When servant leadership is practiced, organizational performance is positively affected
because
a. Followers become aware of their full potential.
b. Leaders create more opportunities for subordinates.
c. Subordinates go beyond the basic requirements of their job duties.
d. Leader-follower communication is mutually respected and enhanced.
Workplace problems that lack clarity and cannot be solved by leader expertise or
normal organizational structures are
a. Regulatory challenges
b. Adaptive challenges
c. Technical challenges
d. Combined technical and adaptive challenges
Leadership outcomes in Mumford et. al’s skills model is affected by
a. Individual attributes
b. Problem-solving ability
c. Career experiences
d. Authority-compliance behaviors
When the leader assessment of the team has determined that the team is functioning
well, what should the leader do?
a. Take appropriate action
b. Nothing
c. Monitor the internal and external environments
d. Provide relational coaching
The number of women who successfully navigate the labyrinth is on the rise.
a. True
b. False
I am continually reflecting on how my decisions as a leader impact others and assessing
how my core values, emotions, and motives reflect our goals. Which component of
authentic leadership am I using?
a. Moral reasoning
b. Self-awareness
c. Relational transparency
d. Optimism
59. The early research on authentic leadership grew out of an underdeveloped area of
which branch of leadership studies?
a. The trait approach
b. The skills approach
c. Transformational leadership
d. Leader-member exchange theory
The extent to which people engage in behaviors such as planning, investing in the
future, and delaying gratification is which cultural dimension?
a. Power distance
b. Future orientation
c. Institutional collectivism
d. Gender egalitarianism
I am really lucky to belong to an organization that places an emphasis on rewarding us
for meeting challenging goals. My organization in this example is using which cultural
dimension from the GLOBE studies?
a. Performance orientation
b. Future orientation
c. Institutional collectivism
d. Gender egalitarianism
I am the lead barista at a local coffee shop managing four staff. I love to chat with them
regularly, work with them on schedules that fit their needs, and work to develop
camaraderie amongst all. I do assign tasks and hold them accountable for the work, but
that is my secondary concern. My behavior would plot on the Blake & Mouton
Leadership Grid at what point?
a. 8, 3
b. 1, 9
c. 9, 9
d. 3, 8
e. 3, 3
Dyadic relationships in the acquaintance phase
a. Begin to develop trust
b. Begin to develop respect
c. Place focus on the group’s greater good
d. Focus less on self and more on group goals
Which research group labeled task behaviors “initiating structure”?
a. Ohio State studies
b. Michigan studies
c. Blake and Mouton
d. Stogdill and Zacaro