Ethic theories that are driven from the viewpoint of the leader’s character are called
a. Teleological theories
b. Virtue-based theories
c. Deontological theories
d.Utilitarianism theories
As a regional sales manager I worked to solve a recent problem of decreased seed sales
to the local farming community. I consulted the sales staff in the area to hear their
thoughts and communicated openly that I share their concerns. Which two components
of authentic leadership am I using?
a. Relational transparency and balanced processing
b. Balanced processing and internalized moral perspective
c. Self-awareness and optimism
d. Confidence and balanced processing
I prefer to wait until the annual performance review time to deliver bad news about
poor performance to my followers. I am using
a. Management by exception-passive
b. Management by exception-active
c. Laissez-faire
d. Contingent reward
There are only two models in servant leadership, Spears’s and Liden’s.
a. True
b. False
Which personality characteristic of charismatic leadership is also a leadership trait?
a. Dominance
b. Self-confidence
c. Morality
d. Influential
At the post-conventional morality level, individuals have developed their own sets of
personal ethics and morals that guide their behavior. Which stages are in the
post-conventional level?
a. Maintaining the social order
b. Interpersonal accord and conformity
c. Social contract and individual rights
d. Universal principles
Which transformational factor is most like charismatic transformational leadership?
a. Inspirational motivation
b. Contingent reward
c. Individualized consideration
d. Idealized influence
When my leader shows she cares about my personal well-being she is using which
characteristic of a servant leader?
a. Awareness
b. Listening
c. Healing
d. Conceptualization
My job as a leader using path-goal theory is to use a style that
a. That best fits the followers’ needs
b. That best fits the followers’ needs and the type of job they are doing
c. That best fits the leader’s style and the followers’ work style
d. That best fits the followers’ characteristics
All of the following are ways ethical leaders build community except by
a. Searching for goals that are compatible with everyone.
b. Being attentive to cultural values.
c. Keeping social collectives exclusive.
d. Establishing higher and broader moral purposes.
The psychodynamic approach has found that people generally lack motivation to do
high- quality work.
a. True
b. False
Your supervisor is happy with your work and expresses confidence that you will bring
the project in ahead of time and under budget. She is using
a. Directive behaviors
b. Achievement behaviors
c. Supportive behaviors
d. Participative behaviors
In Bion’s basic assumptions about groups, what is a potential outcome of these
pathological regressive processes?
a. People regress to behaviors from childhood
b. People are deflected from the main tasks to be performed
c. People end up identifying with the aggressor
d. People contain their anxiety levels
The toxic triangle by Padilla et al. describes the interrelationships between
a. Destructive leaders, susceptible followers, and conducive environments
b. Destructive leaders, conforming followers, and stable environments
c. Conforming leaders, destructive followers, and unstable environments
d. Colluding followers, destructive leaders, and stable environments
You are the executive director of the local animal humane society. You hired a staff
member four weeks ago. You notice this new employee cheerfully interacting with
other staff and potential adopters and daily attempting to learn new tasks. It is clear this
employee needs more time and help learning the correct policies and methods to
complete the work, and when you share this information, the employee readily accepts
these directions. Based on the Situational Leadership® Approach, which leadership
style should you exhibit?
a. Delegating
b. Supporting
c. Coaching
d. Directing