Which of the following is not a reason followers become part of the in-group?
a. How well they work with the leader
b. How well the leader works with them
c. The amount of interest they show toward negotiating with the leader
d. Willingness to stay within job and task guidelines
The researcher who consistently studied path-goal theory from the 1970s to 1990s is
a. Bass
b. Hersey
c. Vroom
d. House
Although there are clear differences between management and leadership,
a. There is little research to support one or the other
b. Leadership is more valued than management
c. The two constructs overlap
d. Management is more valued than leadership
Leaders who give followers instructions about task accomplishment are using
a. Directive behaviors
b. Achievement behaviors
c. Supportive behaviors
d. Participative behaviors
What factors have been found successful in reducing the negative impact of the
leadership gap for women leaders?
a. Flexibility in work-life balance
b. Challenges to the male model of work
c. Gender pay gap reductions
d. Parity in spousal support of high-level leadership roles
Servant leadership places followers first and
a. Is a leadership model that incorporates social justice
b. Emphasizes adapting to followers’ competence and commitment
c. Uses adaptive leadership principles
d. Shifts authority to the followers
The overall goal of adaptive leadership is to
a. Encourage people to change
b. Support leadership roles
c. Adapt to the subordinate characteristics
d. Encourage people to adapt to their leader
According to the Germanic culture cluster, the most desirable leadership behavior is
a. Charismatic/value-based leadership.
b. Participative leadership.
c. Self-protective leadership.
d. Autonomous leadership
Transactional leadership focuses on the exchanges that occur between leaders and their
followers.
a. True
b. False
The GLOBE leader behavior of charismatic/value-based leadership is most similar to
which transformational leadership factor in the Full Model of Transformational
Leadership?
a. Individualized consideration
b. Contingent reward
c. Model the way
d. Idealized influence
The developmental definition of authentic leadership states that leadership
a. Involves followers’ commitment to the leader’s values.
b. Involves followers’ commitment to developing their own skills.
c. Grows out of the leader’s self-awareness and morality.
d. Is based on the unique traits of the leader.
The type of leadership that focuses on the adaptations required of people in response to
changing environments is
a. Transformational
b. Transactional
c. Servant
d. Adaptive
House notes that charismatic effects are more likely to occur in
a. Contexts in which followers experience few difficulties.
b. Supportive environments.
c. Stressful situations.
d. Sympathetic relationships.
The trait approach is concerned with
a. Leadership situations
b. Leadership skills
c. Follower attributes
d. Leader characteristics
The director of your department attends one weekly meeting. The director is seldom at
the office outside of the meeting and rarely responds to e-mails when you send
questions pertaining to the organization. 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
The abilities that help a leader to work effectively with subordinates, peers, and
superiors to
accomplish the organizational goal.
a. Technical skills
b. Conceptual skills
c. Human skills
d. Problem-solving skills
e. Personality skills