Which of the following is a competency in Mumford’s Skills Model?
a. Leadership outcomes
b. Crystallized cognitive ability
c. Career experiences
d. Personality
e. Knowledge
When we create a holding environment for employees we are using which adaptive
leader behavior?
a. Identify adaptive challenges
b. Get on the balcony
c. Protect leadership voices from below
d. Regulate distress
I am doing a task I find very boring and unchallenging. Which leadership style would
help me the most?
a. Directive behaviors
b. Participative behaviors
c. Supportive behaviors
d. Achievement behaviors
The leader behavior categories in the behavioral approach are called directive and
supportive.
a. True
b. False
Situational Leadership® requires the clear recognition of subordinate needs.
a. True
b. False
Studies have shown that high LMX has a direct impact on employee creativity.
a. True
b. False
A leader who emphasizes communication with followers in both achieving goals as
well as meeting social needs would best be described as possessing
a. Directing style
b. Delegating style
c. Supporting style
d. Coaching style
The key concepts within the psychodynamic approach each provide a way of looking at
the hidden dynamics of organizational behavior in order to
a. Decipher the behaviors that lead to positive leadership
b. Decipher the emotional impact of leaders on their followers
c. Decipher the knowledge acquisition necessary for top leader performance
d. Decipher the motives for why people behave the way they do
The team leadership model puts who or what in the driver’s seat of team effectiveness?
a. Leaders
b. Leadership
c. Management
d. Team members
Empirical evidence of gender stereotypes reveals that these stereotypes
a. Are less deleterious to males
b. Alter the perception and evaluation of female leaders
c. Alter the perception and evaluation of male leaders
d. Directly affect women aspiring to leadership roles
Ashlyn focuses her energy at her car manufacturing company on assessing market
fluctuations and shaping the goals of the organization for the future. She communicates
well with her staff and enjoys the social aspect of work with the people around her. She
leaves the details and daily operations primarily to other capable staff in the
organization. Applying Katz’s skills model, at what level of management is Johanna?
a. Top management
b. Middle management
c. Supervisory management
d. Low-level management
Which of the following statements is false?
a. Women are showing a greater presence in top leadership positions.
b. Men earn more bachelor’s degrees than women.
c. Women still have less employment continuity than men.
d. Organizations with women heading them have more financial success.
Which of the following holds position power?
a. Vice president of a company
b. President of a student organization
c. Dean of a college
d. Sergeant in the military
The systems perspective in adaptive leadership is used when a leader diagnoses
follower problems and prescribes possible solutions for them.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is not one of the four key positive psychological attributes that
have an impact on authentic leadership?
a. Gregariousness
b. Confidence
c. Resilience
d. Hope
The leader of your work team consistently shows she trusts and respects you and
depends on you to help the team accomplish established goals. You show her through
your reliable actions and communication that her trust is warranted. You and your
supervisor are in the
a. Mature partnership phase
b. Acquaintance phase
c. Medium-quality phase
d. Tested stranger phase
The Big Five personality factor that is weakly associated with leadership is
a. Conscientiousness
b. Neuroticism
c. Agreeableness
d. Sociability