29. Our organization provides us with the resources we need to complete our team
projects and has a generous bonus system if we exceed standards and meet deadlines.
Which characteristic of team excellence is our organization displaying?
a. Results-driven structure
b. Internal support and recognition
c. External support and recognition
d. Collaborative climate
Research of which approach to authentic leadership was conducted using interviews of
successful leaders?
a. George’s practical model
b. Luthans and Avolio’s practical model
c. Luthans and Avolio’s theoretical model
d. Walumbawa’s positive psychology model
56. According to the 10 characteristics of servant leadership, stewardship is _____.
a. Clear and persistent communication that convinces others to change
b. Attempting to see the world from another’s point of view
c. Referring to the leader’s ability to see the future
d. Taking responsibility for the leadership role
The study of culture and leadership identifies the complex nature of the leadership
process and how leadership is influenced by cultures. This statement
a. Is a strength of the GLOBE studies
b. Is a criticism of the GLOBE studies
c. Is an ethnocentric view of leadership
d. Is prejudicial
The primary functions of management are
a. Producing change and movement
b. Producing positive leadership outcomes
c. Producing a creative vision
d. Producing order and consistency
What type of challenge occurred when the problem employees encountered was
identified and the leader selected a workable solution?
a. An adaptive challenge
b. A technical challenge
c. A technical and adaptive challenge
d. A non-challenge
What type of problem is occurring when identification of issues surrounding the
problem and solutions to the problem both are unclear?
a. An adaptive challenge
b. A technical challenge
c. A technical and adaptive challenge
d. A non-challenge
The main goal of Mumford et al.’s research was
a. To identify effective human leadership skills
b. To understand military structure
c. To explain the elements of effective performance
d. To refute Katz’s work on administrative skills
I am the lead barista at a local coffee shop managing four staff. I chat often with the
staff and enjoy joking with them but only after I have assigned the tasks and they have
accomplished them. My behavior would plot on the Blake & Mouton Leadership Grid
at what point?
a. 3, 3
b. 1, 9
c. 5, 5
d. 3, 8
e. 9, 1
_____________ is one of the five major leadership traits that focuses on a leader’s
inclination to seek out pleasant social relationships.
a. Surgency
b. Agreeableness
c. Extraversion
d. Intelligence
e. Sociability
14. When the leader sees and interprets the team’s experiences in organizational context
it is called
a. Requisite variety
b. Leader complexity
c. Behavioral flexibility
d. Mental model
Jim is a manager of a restaurant. He is very concerned with efficiency and making
employees happy.
a. Jim is a compromise.
b. Jim is a country club manager.
c. Jim is a high-high style leader.
d. Jim is low in initiating structure and high in consideration.
e. Jim is an impoverished leader.
High level of interpersonal skills in mid-level management is consistent with the
principles in which leadership model?
a. Katz’s Skills Model
b. Blake and Mouton’s Leadership Grid
c. The Practical Authentic Leadership Model
d. The Full Model of Transformational Leadership
Some scholars researching the psychodynamic approach in organizations look at the
dark side of leadership and the atypical successes of leadership. They realize that
a. Leaders, like followers, are not completely rational
b. Followers, like leaders, want to have power
c. Leaders and followers exchange power for mutual benefit
d. People rise to positional leadership roles because they are rational