The concept that servant leaders care about the personal well-being of their followers is
best expressed by which characteristic of servant leadership?
a. Healing
b. Stewardship
c. Persuasion
d. Awareness
A problem with LMX theory is that it appears to be unrelated to positive organizational
outcomes.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is not one of Adler’s leader cross-cultural competencies?
a. To fight discrimination in the workplace
b. To understand worldwide business, political, and cultural environments
c. To learn the perspectives and technologies of other cultures
d. To adapt to living and communicating in other cultures
During the mature partnership phase of leadership making, the exchanges are
a. Low quality
b. Medium quality
c. Moderately high quality
d. High quality
LMX strength(s) is/are
a. It is a unique approach that looks at dyadic relationships
b. Exchanges in all work contexts have been studied
c. It appears unfair
d. It alerts leaders to their biases
Stogdill’s second study found
a. No significant differences in traits from 1948 to 1974
b. Situational factors could not be identified
c. Emotional intelligence plays a significant role in leadership
d. Both traits and situational factors are determinants of leadership
During the acquaintance phase of leadership making, the exchanges are
a. Low quality
b. Medium quality
c. Moderately high quality
d. High quality
In Situational Leadership®
a. Leaders find their personal best style and apply it to all followers
b. Leaders adapt their behaviors to meet the organization’s needs
c. Leaders match their styles to the subordinate development levels
d. Leaders adjust their styles based on their own skill level
In the team leadership model, the leader’s job is
a. Take action for all problems
b. Solve team member conflicts
c. Monitor and take appropriate action
d. Use the team as a personal support system
Tamika uses her ability to sense and perceive her staff’s emotions every day to help
them feel comfortable in the workplace. She is very knowledgeable about day-to-day
operations and also is quite successful at anticipating problems and sharing ideas for
improvements up the chain of command. Applying Katz’s skills model, at what level of
management is Tamika?
a. Top management
b. Middle management
c. Supervisory management
d. Impoverished management
In Mumford’s Skills Model, social judgment skill is defined as
a. The accumulation of information and the mental structures to organize the
information
b. Intellectual ability learned or acquired over time
c. The capacity to understand people and social systems
d. Creative ability to solve new/unusual, ill-defined organizational problems
Leaders should try to
a. Create high-quality leader-member exchanges with all followers
b. Get all followers in the in-group
c. Offer all followers opportunities for new roles and responsibilities
d. Offer only in-group followers opportunities for new roles and responsibilities
58. Which of the following psychological attributes is not part of Luthans and Avolio’s
(2003) model of authentic leadership?
a. Confidence
b. Humility
c. Optimism
d. Resilience
Which premise of the clinical paradigm states that there is a logical explanation behind
every human act?
a. Mental life lies outside of conscious awareness
b. Human development is an intra- and interpersonal process
c. There is rationale behind every act
d. How one regulates and expresses emotions is central to a person’s identity