In the deontological ethical theories, determining if any given action is ethical is based
on
a. The consequences of the action
b. The value of the leader’s character
c. Whether the action itself is good
d. The effort put into determining appropriate action
Which of the following is not a component of Walumbwa and associates’ review of
authentic leadership?
a. Self-awareness
b. Courage
c. Internalized moral perspective
d. Balanced processing
The maintaining disciplined action behavior in adaptive leadership is
a. Easy because most people naturally want to confront change
b. Difficult because most people do not accept leaders who use adaptive behaviors
c. Difficult because most people do not naturally want to confront change
d. Easy because most people have dealt effectively with adaptive changes before
In what context has most of the adaptive leadership research been conducted?
a. Health care
b. K-12 education
c. Higher education
d. Public companies
Katz started the research focus on skills during a time when
a. There finally was a definitive list of leader traits described in the literature
b. There was still disagreement about leader traits in the literature
c. There was no research yet on the individual attributes of leaders
d. There was emphasis in the literature on putting followers first
The term heterarchy refers to
a. The power struggles in teams
b. The shifts in power from team member to top leadership
c. The coercive power shifting in teams
d. The dynamic power shifting in teams
At the new student orientation of your university, the guides taught you the common
cheer that is a part of most sporting and other major assemblies on campus. The process
of learning this common language and tradition of your university describes the
definition of which of the following:
a. Diversity
b. Prejudice
c. Ethnocentrism
d. Culture
Optimism is a mediating factor in transformational leadership that affects
a. Employee job satisfaction.
b. Employee engagement.
c. Employee liking of the supervisor.
d. Employee self-esteem.
We avoid talking about the conflict that occurs when our leader lets one employee get
away with coming in late to work every day. We all think it’s because this employee is
the only minority on the staff. This is an adaptive challenge identified by which
archetype?
a. Gap Between Espoused Values and Behaviors
b. Competing Commitments
c. Work Avoidance
d. Speaking the Unspeakable
Which of the following are strengths of leadership ethics?
a. It is timely, providing research when we need it most
b. Ethical research is not part of leadership research
c. Ethics is central to the leadership process
d. It does not have strong research support
Meta-analysis shows that women are substantially more effective than men in
middle-management positions.
a. True
b. False