As a recent graduate from the top paper science program in the country, you quickly
receive a position with a large paper company and are given a high-salary position. You
are very nervous and feel that you need more experience or assistance to meet
organizational standards. According to the situational model, your level of development
is
a. S4
b. D2
c. S1
d. D4
Watson and Hoffman’s study on leadership emergence with regard to gender-biased
perceptions would suggest
a. Influential women were rated the same as men in terms of leadership.
b. Women are much more likeable than men.
c. Emergence in leadership has little to do with gender bias.
d. There continue to be barriers to women’s emergence as leaders in some settings.
e. Men are always more influential within groups and organizations.
The “dark side” of leadership presented in the ethics chapter of the text is closely
related to which component of transformational leadership?
a. Transactional
b. Individualized consideration
c. Pseudotransformational
d. Management by exception-passive
Within an organization, the employees in the information technology department are
crucial for the success of the organization due to their
a. Judgment skills
b. Problem-solving skills
c. Conceptual skills
d. Technical skills
e. Human skills
Which of the following statements is false?
a. Servant leadership is most effective in situations where subordinates are not open to
being guided.
b. Servant leaders place the good of followers over their own self-interests.
c. Servant leadership emphasizes that leaders be attentive to the concerns of their
followers.
d. Healing is one characteristic of a servant leader.
Adaptive leadership is
a. Leader centered
b. Authority based
c. Follower centered
d. Organization centered
I am positive and focused and use will power to keep me and my staff motivated to
accomplish goals. What influencing factor of authentic leadership am I using?
a. Moral reasoning
b. Integrity
c. Hope
d. Confidence
Out-group members act differently from in-group members in that they
a. Interact often with the leader
b. Perform their job duties but no extra work
c. Ask for additional responsibility
d. Receive special attention from their leaders
People in the Confucian Asia GLOBE cluster exhibit results-driven orientation and
encourage the group to working together over individual goal achievement. People in
this cultural cluster exhibited high scores in which cultural dimensions?
a. In-group collectivism
b. Institutional collectivism
c. Humane orientation
d. Performance orientation
I feel as though I do not fit into my new work group. To which strength of LMX does
this apply?
a. Leadership making ostracizes some employees
b. LMX is descriptive
c. LMX is prescriptive
d. Research on LMX is fully developed
The behavioral approach is not describing what leaders do but who leaders are.
a. True
b. False
Emotional intelligence includes our ability to perceive and
a. Manipulate emotions of others
b. Manage emotions of others
c. Express emotions
d. Use emotions to facilitate thinking
Which is not a characteristic a leader would demonstrate using George’s approach to
authentic leadership?
a. Understanding purpose
b. Establishing trusting relationships
c. Moral reasoning
d. Passionate about mission
One criticism of servant leadership is
a. It puts followers first at the expense of the leader
b. The Servant Leadership Questionnaire has not been validated
c. Conceptualizing leader behaviors could be a cognitive ability
d. Altruism is a central component
Research data suggests the glass ceiling is beginning to crack.
a. True
b. False
Later studies of LMX found all of the following except
a. Positive relationship between quality of LMX and citizenship behaviors
b. High-quality LMX was positively related to employee feelings of energy
c. Interest in studying LMX has diminished
d. High LMX correlates to positive organizational outcomes
Task behaviors include
a. Consideration
b. Initiating structure
c. Employee oriented
d. Results oriented