A major strength of the trait approach is
a. There is a set list of traits that identify leadership
b. It is easy to identify the best traits for leadership
c. It can be used for leader training and development
d. It highlights the leader component of the leadership process
Implicit leadership theory states in part that individuals have implicit beliefs and
convictions about the attributes that distinguish leaders from nonleaders. This concept is
similar to the main concept of which leadership approach in the text?
a. Skills approach
b. Situational approach
c. Trait approach
d. Adaptive approach
As a leader, I listen closely to my followers’ beliefs, values, and attitudes and allow
them to use their creativity as I nurture their work. I am using which ethical leadership
principle?
a. Respects others
b. Builds community
c. Shows justice
d. Manifests honesty
I am really not interested in interacting with my staff nor do I put much emphasis at all
on how the team performs. I am using
a. Authority compliance leadership
b. Team leadership
c. Impoverished leadership
d. Pseudotransformational leadership
The situational approach
a. Is irrelevant in modern day leadership
b. Focuses on describing not prescribing leadership
c. Is used widely in leadership training and development
d. Determined that high-directive and high-supportive behaviors work best in all
situations
According to Bass, charisma is a necessary but not sufficient condition for
transformational leadership.
a. True
b. False
The great person approach stresses that leaders’ traits are learned.
a. True
b. False
Which researcher(s) measured the relationship between LMX and citizenship
behaviors?
a. Komives
b. Ilies et al.
c. Greenleaf
d. Graen and Uhl-Bien
Goleman suggests that emotional intelligence is a set of
a. Ethical and emotional competencies
b. Social and perceptual competencies
c. Personal and social competencies
d. Cognitive and expressive competencies
The skills approach is not descriptive.
a. True
b. False
Transformational leadership is concerned with
a. Improving performance of followers
b. Matching rewards to follower needs
c. Developing followers
d. Leadership for the greater good