My team gets along well with one another and has worked together for a long time and
consistently exceeded its goals despite recent changes in our company. Recently, the
organization has made some reporting structure changes and has had to reduce the
workforce from budgetary constraints on the company. Applying McGrath’s critical
leadership functions, I need to
a. Do internal monitoring
b. Take internal executive action
c. Do external monitoring
d. Take external executive action
The result of gender-biased stereotypes is
a. Less favorable attitudes toward females than males
b. Males who appear more feminine are viewed favorably
c. Greater difficulty for females to be effective in leadership roles
d. Masculine leadership is a non-issue for both genders
Technical skills grow in importance as one moves up Katz’s managerial/leadership
hierarchy.
a. True
b. False
What type of challenge occurred when the problem employees encountered was clearly
defined but difficult to solve?
a. An adaptive challenge
b. A technical challenge
c. A technical and adaptive challenge
d. A non-challenge
Authentic leadership helps provide an answer to people who are searching for sound
leadership in an uncertain world. Which of the following is true?
a. This is a strength of authentic leadership
b. This is a criticism of authentic leadership
c. Authentic leadership is not considered a leadership approach
d. The research on authentic leadership studies variables that are not authentic
leadership
When people’s beliefs and values are affected by a problem, leaders need to take an
adaptive approach.
a. True
b. False
Which characteristics of servant leadership are found in all models of servant leadership
described in the text?
a. Wisdom and humility
b. Wisdom and courage
c. Vision and courage
d. None are consistent across all models
Which is not a criticism of authentic leadership?
a. The practical approach is not fully substantiated
b. Authentic leadership results in positive organizational outcomes
c. The authentic leadership questionnaire is a validated instrument
d. The moral component is not fully explained
In my organization, women and men share power and influence equally. My
organization uses a high degree of which dimension of culture?
a. Power distance
b. Humane orientation
c. Institutional collectivism
d. Gender egalitarianism
Each day of the week you meet with your direct supervisor and your coworkers for a
morning meeting. The meeting is open-forum and issues, goals, topics, and ideas are all
discussed at the meeting, during which the supervisor responds when able and asks for
feedback often. This is an example of
a. Authority compliance management
b. Team management
c. Country club management
d. Middle-of-the-road management
e. Impoverished management
Path-goal theory integrates into which of the following theories of leadership?
a. Leader emergence theory
b. Contingency approach
c. Expectancy theory
d. Transformational theory