The psychodynamic approach looks at human behavior and acknowledges
a. People are unique and paradoxical
b. People are generally psychic
c. People are complex
d. People lack motivation
What can happen when leaders try to contain anxiety using existing structures and
processes?
a. Reduced creativity and openness to change
b. Ganging up on the group leader
c. Higher independence from group leader
d. Reduced leader control and impersonality
Activities that adaptive leaders engage in include
a. Individualizing
b. Mobilizing
c. Organizing
d. Motivating
Adaptive leadership is a well-developed empirically tested model.
a. True
b. False
Multiple factors influence authentic leadership. Which of these factors is a cognitive
process of looking at situations with favorable expectations of the future?
a. Balanced processing
b. Optimism
c. A critical life event
d. A positive psychological attribute
Developed a model of emotionally intelligent leadership:
a. Stogdill
b. Judge et al.
c. Jung and Sosik
d. Zaccaro
e. Shankman and Allen
A criticism of the behavioral approach is that the research on behavioral approaches has
not adequately shown how leaders’ behaviors are associated with performance
outcomes.
a. True
b. False
Individuals with deep interest in and who truly care about what they do and also care
about helping others are using which characteristics of authentic leadership?
a. Compassion and heart
b. Relationship and purpose
c. Heart and connectedness
d. Self-discipline and passion
You really enjoy working for your boss and look up to her or him as a role model. You
are
more than willing to work hard for the organization because of your relationship with
your boss.
This is an example of
a. Legitimate power
b. Coercive power
c. Position power
d. Personal power
e. Reward power
Which part of the skills model supports people as they apply their leadership
competencies?
a. Individual attributes
b. Technical skills
c. Knowledge
d. Leadership outcomes
Studies of LMX have concluded all but the following
a. Empowerment moderates the impact of LMX on job outcomes
b. Citizenship behaviors and LMX are positively correlated
c. High-quality leader-member exchanges foster positive job outcomes
d. All employees are in the in-group to some degree
A factor that appears to influence the impact of servant leadership on outcomes such as
personal and organizational job performance is ______.
a. Leader attributes
b. Follower receptivity
c. Leader context and culture
d. Leader-follower timing
Greenleaf advocated
a. How organizations can influence leaders to rally followers
b. Using communication to build consensus in groups
c. Using power and authority to influence followers
d. Ethics are poor in modern for-profit organizations
Which of the components on Blake & Mouton’s Leadership Grid has medium concern
for interpersonal relationships and task accomplishment?
a. Authority compliance
b. Country club
c. Impoverished
d. Middle of the road
e. Team
My supervisor involves all of us in making and implementing decisions. Which of the
global leadership behaviors am I using?
a. Participative
b. Team-oriented
c. Autonomous
d. Humane oriented
The 100 or more years of research on traits was completed originally to
a. To distinguish between traits and behaviors
b. To define the five major traits associated with leadership
c. To distinguish between traits and skills
d. Determine a universal set of traits associated with leadership
The critical function of a leader in the team leadership model is to help the team
accomplish its goals by
a. Using group development theory to apply correct actions
b. Taking fast action to avoid team conflict
c. Taking requisite action based on diagnostic factors
d. Monitoring and diagnosing the team