Supportive mentoring and networking for women are helpful in
a. Reducing the gender pay gap
b. Increasing female leadership power
c. Reducing the need for women to take maternity leave
d. Reducing the leadership gap
The skills approach is
a. High in predictive value
b. Narrow in its focus
c. Suitable for application across leadership contexts
d. Is not suitable for application across leadership contexts
Which of the following is not a principle of ethical leadership?
a. Service
b. Sociability
c. Justice
d. Community
The qualities and disposition of the leader describe
a. Leader behaviors
b. Leader attributes
c. Ethical perspective
d. Follower growth
Which of the following is an agentic characteristic?
a. Sensitivity
b. Helpfulness
c. Independence
d. Decisiveness
Which positive psychological attribute is also one of the major leadership traits in
Chapter 2?
a. Hope
b. Confidence
c. Optimism
d. Integrity
Which leadership theory is studied in a variety of disciplines, including nursing,
education, and industrial engineering?
a. Leader-member exchange theory.
b. Path-goal leadership theory.
c. Contingency theory.
d. Transformational leadership theory.
Leader courage and humility are two characteristics consistent across all models of
servant leadership.
a. True
b. False
To coerce means to
a. Influence others toward a common goal
b. Influence others to behave ethically
c. Influence others to do something against their will
d. Influence others using positive rewards
Globalization has created a need to
a. Attempt to define one worldview on religion
b. Understand how cultural differences affect leadership performance
c. Become cross-culturally aware and competent
d. Create a unified theory of leadership and culture
According to McGrath, “taking remedial action” is part of
a. Executive action/external.
b. Executive action/internal.
c. Monitor/external.
d. Monitor/internal.
Which leadership theory centered on the interaction between leaders and followers?
a. Trait
b. Skills
c. LMX
d. Style
Defining authentic leadership as something that grows in people over a lifetime and can
be triggered by major life events is to define it as
a. Structural.
b. Intrapersonal.
c. Developmental.
d. Charismatic.
The majority of organizational research applies equally well to people of all colors,
abilities, and sexual orientations.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is not a factor of transformational leadership?
a. Intellectual stimulation
b. Inspirational motivation
c. Contingent reward
d. Charisma
The six global leadership behaviors in the GLOBE studies helped the researchers
a. Identify the leadership behavior profiles of the 10 country clusters
b. Identify the same behaviors from Hofstede’s research
c. Identify the cultural dimensions used in GLOBE research
d. Identify the universally desirable attributes in the GLOBE research
Which of the following is not a relationship-focused leader behavior?
a. Nurturing followers
b. Employee orientation
c. Consideration
d. Initiating structure
The factors that influence authentic leadership work together to
a. Help individuals become authentic leaders
b. Produce positive psychological capacities
c. Avoid critical life events
d. Produce resilient leaders
Stating that authentic leadership provides broad guidelines for those who wish to
become authentic leaders is
a. An overgeneralization.
b. An inaccurate statement.
c. A weakness of authentic leadership.
d. A strength of authentic leadership.