What scholar(s) studied real-life successful teams and found eight characteristics that
were consistently associated with team excellence?
a. Hackman and Walton
b. Hill
c. Larson and LaFasto
d. McGrath
Human skills are about working with
a. Ideas
b. Concepts
c. People
d. Things
The Full Range Model of Transformational Leadership contains how many
transformational leadership factors?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 7
Management by exception-active is
a. A form of transformational leadership
b. The non-leadership factor
c. A form of transactional leadership
d. More effective than contingent reward
Followers of leaders using adaptive leadership should adapt to the leader’s goals.
a. True
b. False
Leadership skills are defined in the chapter as
a. Using individual attributes to communicate well with others
b. Developing behaviors for effective leadership outcomes
c. Technical ability to interact in the work environment
d. Knowledge and competencies to accomplish goals
Passion and compassion are
a. Both part of Luthans and Avolio’s authentic leadership model
b. Not components of the Luthans and Avolio’s model
c. Essentially the same thing
d. Characteristics of authentic leadership that can be developed
Women were found to be more effective than men
a. When in gender neutral leadership roles
b. When in middle-management positions
c. In military leadership positions
d. In masculine role leadership positions
A technical challenge is one in which the leader can identify and implement a solution.
a. True
b. False
The ethics theory that is low in self-interest and high in concern for others is
a. Utilitarianism.
b. Altruism.
c. Apathea.
d. Ethical egoism.
Internal task-oriented leadership actions include
a. Goal focusing
b. Managing conflict
c. Networking
d. Facilitating decisions
A supervisory-level manager of a company who applies the level of administrative
skills to the degrees delineated in Katz’s model
a. Incorporates the entire staff in the process of shaping the company’s goals
b. Is more “hands-on” with producing the company’s product than interacting with staff
c. Has higher involvement with ideas than with people
d. Avoids getting to know the staff
Why is ethnocentrism an obstacle to effective leadership?
a. It prevents people from fully respecting the viewpoints of others
b. It is focused on cultural competence, not individual rights
c. It is focused on diversity of opinions of others
d. It encourages understanding of multiple viewpoints of others
During the acquaintance phase of leadership making,
a. Roles are scripted
b. Exchanges are negotiated
c. Influences are mixed
d. Influences are one-way
Which of the following statements is true?
a. Men earn more bachelor’s degrees than women.
b. Thirty percent of the US Congress is made up of women.
c. Women make up 50% of people in managerial/professional positions.
d. Women have as much work experience and job continuity as men.
The challenge the process leadership practice is most similar to which of the
transformational factors in the Full Range Model?
a. Individualized consideration
b. Idealized influence
c. Intellectual stimulation
d. Inspirational motivation
Transactional leadership is different from
a. Transformational leadership
b. Charismatic transformational leadership
c. Contingent reward
d. Management by exception
The trait definition of leadership suggests
a. Leadership occurs because of who the leader is
b. Interaction is the key to leadership success
c. Self-confidence is required for good leadership
d. Dominance is required for good leadership
When I focus on the relationships I have with my followers and how we influence each
other I am using which definition of authentic leadership?
a. Intrapersonal
b. Interpersonal
c. Developmental
d. Fundamental