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B. in the cognitive domain of emotional intelligence
C. affective judgment of my emotions
D. is neither affective nor cognitive judgment of my emotions
49. Social competence in emotional intelligence includes ______.
A. empathy
B. self-regulation
C. confidence
D. motivation
50. Goleman suggests that emotional intelligence ______.
A. is not as important to leadership as IQ
B. is less important for meeting life’s challenges than traits
C. plays a major role in a person’s success
D. plays a major role at only the top management levels
51. Applying the trait approach to 21st century leadership ______.
A. lacks credibility
B. helps us understand behaviors of leaders
C. informs that leader’s traits are a part of leadership process
D. tells us which traits are important in which contexts
52. More research has been conducted on this approach than any other.
A. trait
B. skills
C. French and Raven’s
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D. path–goal
53. When trying to identify who leaders are, I am using the ______ approach.
A. skills
B. trait
C. behavioral
D. social judgment
54. The 100 or more years of research on traits was completed originally to ______.
A. distinguish between traits and behaviors
B. define the five major traits associated with leadership
C. distinguish between traits and skills
D. determine a universal set of traits associated with leadership
55. Which of the following is a strength of the trait approach?
A. it includes behaviors as a central component
B. it is used in many leadership training and development programs
C. it helps followers fulfill their need to see their leaders as gifted and special
D. it has a definitive set of traits that researchers agree upon
56. The five traits that have been found to be the set of traits leaders must have to be
considered leaders are ______.
A. intelligence, sociability, self-confidence, integrity, determination
B. self-confidence, social judgment, integrity, determination, extraversion
C. there is not a set of traits that all leaders must have
D. there is a set of leader traits that all leaders must have, just not those listed above
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57. A leader who is assured and dominant in her manner is expressing ______.
A. agreeableness
B. openness
C. integrity
D. self-confidence
58. ______ is one of Northouse’s five major leadership traits focused on a leader’s
inclination to seek out pleasant social relationships.
A. Surgency
B. Agreeableness
C. Extraversion
D. Sociability
59. The vast majority of research on traits from early to modern day has found ______.
A. leaders are different from non-leaders
B. masculinity is a common theme
C. dominance is a common theme
D. leaders and followers appear much the same
60. Zaccaro et al. in 2004 analyzed several studies about ______.
A. masculinity and leadership
B. self-confidence and leadership
C. intelligence and leadership
D. sociability and leadership
61. Intelligence as a leader characteristic is found in which of the following approaches?
A. behavioral and trait
B. trait and situational
C. skills and behavioral
D. skills and trait
62. One benefit in using trait information is that managers can ______.
A. develop an understanding of who they are and how they affect others
B. determine the IQ of subordinates
C. consistently predict who deserves a promotion.
D. deny applications to those low in neuroticism
63. The tendency to be thorough, dependable, organized, and decisive describes which
Big Five personality factor?
A. openness
B. conscientiousness
C. low neuroticism
D. self-confidence
64. Which of the following is among the five major leadership traits outlined in the text?
A. extraversion
B. sociability
C. conscientiousness
D. charisma
65. Emotional intelligence can be defined as our ability to perceive and ______.
A. use emotions to facilitate thinking
B. hide our emotions until we leave the workplace
C. manipulate emotions of others
D. seek counseling services at work
66. Social competence in emotional intelligence includes ______.
A. self awareness
B. determination
C. conflict management
D. self confidence
67. Completing the strengthsfinder assessment can help ______.
A. identity themes of talent that can be developed into strengths
B. find the right potential employees in your geographic region
C. pinpoint weaknesses in organizational systems
D. definitively determine which of your subordinates should receive a bonus
68. Yolanda is writing a paper about the traits that made Martin Luther King a great
leader. Yolanda is using which theory to underpin her paper?
A. authentic leadership
B. team development
C. great man theory
D. culture and leadership
69. Research indicates that a leader’s intellectual ability ______.
A. is negatively correlated with leadership potential
B. should outrank followers by a factor of 2
C. has not been given much attention in the trait approach
D. should not differ too much from that of followers
70. The trait approach to leadership ______.
A. determines the most important traits in a highly objective way
B. has produced a definitive list of specific leader traits
C. examines leadership outcomes of groups and teams
D. has been used in research for the past 100 years
71. Subeena met Derrick at a job fair, and she just hired him as an entry-level
employee. Before his first day of work, Subeena asked Derrick to complete a
personality assessment online. Subeena’s company most likely used this type of
approach to help ______.
A. increase organizational effectiveness
B. determine Derrick’s IQ
C. Subeena improve her communication skills
D. avoid discrimination lawsuits
72. The MSCEIT measures ______.
A. potential for success in IT jobs
B. competence in problem solving
C. emotional intelligence
D. the top six leader factors
73. As a member of your club, you feel assured that your attempts to influence fellow
club members are generally right and appropriate and that you can make a difference.
This best describes which of the major leadership traits outlined in the text?
A. integrity
B. self-confidence
C. determination
D. sociability
74. Theo’s boss is often described as friendly, cooperative, diplomatic, and sensitive.
Theo would be most accurate in saying his boss is high in which major leadership trait?
A. sociability
B. intelligence
C. conscientiousness
D. drive
75. In a study by Judge et. al., the Big Five factor most strongly associated with
leadership was ______ and the factor most weakly associated with leadership was
______.
A. openness, agreeableness
B. conscientiousness, neuroticism
C. extraversion, agreeableness
D. openness, extraversion
76. In the 1990s and early 2000s, researchers began to investigate leadership traits
associated with ______.
A. goal achievement
B. social intelligence
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C. values-based actions
D. self-confidence
77. Leadership research using the trait approach is popular because it ______.
A. helps all kinds of organizations train and develop employees
B. does a good job of taking context into consideration
C. is a fresh, new approach to studying leadership
D. fills our need to see leaders as gifted in some way
78. An overview of the trait approach over the past 100 years can best be described as
______.
A. peaking in the 1950s and then largely abandoned since
B. initially focusing on follower traits then moving toward leadership outcomes
C. beginning with emphasis on great persons, then shifting to include situation, now
back to traits
D. the most widely agreed upon approach for determining who can be a leader
1. Openness is one of the five traits in the text that focuses on honesty and
trustworthiness.
2. A strength of the trait approach is that it links specific leader traits to organizational
outcomes.
3. The trait approach focuses primarily on the leader, not on the followers or the
situation.
4. The great person approach stresses that leaders’ traits are learned.
5. The great person approach focuses on important political leaders.
6. The trait approach has a century of research to back it up.
7. The trait approach failed to identify a definitive set of specific leadership traits.
8. In his early studies, Stogdill found that leaders in one situation would almost always
be leaders in another situation.
9. Stogdill’s later studies argued that personality and situational factors were both
determinants of leadership.
10. A major strength of the trait approach is that it is quite useful for training.
1. Name the five personality traits known as the Big Five Personality Factors.
2. What is the difference between intelligence and emotional intelligence?
3. Considering a “strengths” approach to leadership as used in the strengthsfinder
assessment, how are traits, talents, and strengths related to one another?
4. Name the five major traits identified in the Northouse text as those centrally
associated with leadership.
5. Explain what having integrity means.
1. Why has the trait approach failed to provide a definitive list of leadership traits?
2. Defend or refute: Personality assessment instruments are accurate ways of
identifying potential leaders within organizations.
3. Of the five major leadership traits discussed in the chapter, which would you claim to
be the most important? Which the least important? Support your claim with specific
examples from the chapter.
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4. Are leaders born or made? Defend your answer using information from either trait or
skills approach.
5. How do the Big Five personality factors relate to the five major leadership traits
identified in the text?