I am meeting my new team, which I will directly supervise for the first time. I introduce
myself and invite each team member to share some interesting facts about themselves
unrelated to work. I am using
a. Authoritative behaviors
b. Task behaviors
c. Relationship behaviors
d. Directing behaviors
Ethnocentrism can be a major obstacle to effective leadership.
a. True
b. False
A major factor in the need for increased cross-cultural awareness is
a. Increase of globalization.
b. Environmental issues.
c. Changes in civil rights.
d. Government regulation.
The basic premise of servant leadership includes
a. The good of the followers
b. Follower development
c. Strong morals
d. All followers appreciate servant leadership
One weakness of the culture and leadership research is
a. Self-protective leader behaviors were consistent across all 10 cultural clusters
b. The definitions of some cultural dimensions and leadership behaviors are unclear
c. Hofstede’s five dimensions should have been used, not the nine dimensions from
GLOBE research
d. The subscales of leadership behaviors showed strong validity but lacked reliability
According to Katz’s skills model, which two skills are most important for supervisory-
(low-) level managers to be successful leaders?
a. Technical skill and human skill
b. Human skill and conceptual skill
c. Technical skill and conceptual skill
d. All three skills are equally important for supervisory level management
Burns contends all of the following except
a. Leadership has a moral dimension.
b. Leaders should put their values ahead of their followers to reach goals.
c. Leaders should move followers to a higher level of morality.
d. Leaders should be involved in followers’ personal struggles with conflicting issues.
The D4 follower needs which type of leader?
a. Supportive
b. Directive
c. Coaching
d. Delegating
Historically, leadership scholars
a. Have avoided studying emotions in leadership
b. Have avoided studying leadership behaviors
c. Have avoided the psychological realm of organizational life
d. Have avoided studying personality and leadership
Path-goal theory is about how leaders _________ subordinates to accomplish
designated ________.
a. Encourage; tasks
b. Develop; goals
c. Motivate; goals
d. Influence; tasks
Research of which approach to authentic leadership was conducted using interviews of
successful leaders?
a. George’s practical model
b. Luthans and Avolio’s practical model
c. Luthans and Avolio’s theoretical model
d. Walumbawa’s positive psychology model
Potential for discrimination in LMX comes from
a. The high-quality LMX dyadic relationships
b. When followers are in either the in- or out-groups
c. When leaders are open to followers switching in- or out-groups
d. When leaders attempt to have all followers in the in-group
Adaptive work is primarily the work of the followers.
a. True
b. False
Which type of leadership is concerned with emotions, values, ethics, standards, and
long-term goals?
a. Authentic leadership
b. Transformational leadership
c. Servant leadership
d. Transactional leadership
The classic article “Skills of an Effective Administrator” by Katz was published in the
a. Journal of Leadership Education
b. Harvard Business Review
c. Journal of Education and Behavior
d. Forbes Business Journal
There are six archetypes that are used to identify adaptive challenges.
a. True
b. False
Zaleznik and the researchers at the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute were interested in
combining the
a. Psychodynamic approach with clinical practice
b. Psychoanalysis with organizational role analysis
c. Work world with socio-technical systems
d. Work world with the world of psychoanalysis