32. You are the executive director of the local animal humane society. The staff you
supervise have been working at the society for more than two years and you have given
them consistently excellent performance appraisals at the last two annual reviews. You
have noticed lately that they have brought new ideas to you for ways to improve
customer service and animal care and that they are excited about helping new staff get
accustomed to the workplace. Based on the Situational Leadership® Approach, which
leadership style should you exhibit?
a. Delegating
b. Supporting
c. Coaching
d. Directing
The great person approach focuses on important political leaders.
a. True
b. False
Five cross-cultural competencies for leaders include all of the following except
a. Being able to adapt to living and communicating in other cultures.
b. Learning the perspectives, trends, and tastes of many cultures.
c. Understanding business, political, and cultural environments worldwide.
d. Teaching the importance of one’s own culture to other cultures.
Which factor describes leaders who communicate high expectations and engage
followers to be part of a shared vision?
a. Individualized consideration
b. Inspirational motivation
c. Idealized influence
d. Intellectual stimulation
There is a mutual personality conflict between you and one of your followers. If this
continues, the follower will end up in the
a. In-group
b. Out-group
c. Mature group
d. Acquaintance group
Grid seminars are training and development programs that make use of the styles
approach. These seminars are done through the use of ____________ findings.
a. Ohio State studies
b. University of Michigan studies
c. Black and Mouton’s
d. Fisher’s
e. Mumford’s
In the Leadership Grid, the 9, 9 type of leader prefers the middle ground and swallows
convictions in the interest of progress.
a. True
b. False
The style approach has failed to identify a universally effective leadership style.
a. True
b. False
When women use negotiation tactics to promote themselves in obtaining leadership
positions
a. They are seen as unhirable
b. They face greater social costs than men
c. They are viewed positively by men
d. They are typically successful
Founder and former CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, best demonstrated which trait?
a. Openness
b. Integrity
c. Sociability
d. Intelligence
e. Determination
What is a key predictor of relationship quality for both leaders and followers?
a. Extraversion
b. Performance
c. Agreeableness
d. Trust
Followers who have internal locus of control benefit from
a. Directive leadership
b. Participative leadership
c. Supportive leadership
d. Achievement-oriented leadership
The original work on the theory of charismatic leadership was completed by House.
a. True
b. False
The idealized influence factor is measured on the following components:
a. Attributional and behavioral components
b. Charisma and inspirational components
c. Intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration components
d. Positive self-regard and encouraging-the-heart components
The functional perspective on group leadership contends that the leader has a special
responsibility to do whatever is necessary to meet the needs of the group.
a. True
b. False
Which is not a criticism of authentic leadership?
a. The practical approach is not fully substantiated
b. Authentic leadership results in positive organizational outcomes
c. The authentic leadership questionnaire is a validated instrument
d. The moral component is not fully explained
Which leader behavior is a prerequisite for the other adaptive leader behaviors?
a. Regulate distress
b. Identify adaptive challenges
c. Maintain disciplined attention
d. Get on the balcony
The statement “She/he is born to be a leader” suggests a
a. Process definition of leadership
b. Trait definition of leadership
c. Gender bias definition of leadership
d. Coercive definition of leadership
Discuss the meaning of this statement: “Gender biases can be particularly detrimental in
the decision-making processes for selecting elite leaders, given that the generally
unstructured nature of those decisions allows biased decisions without accountability.”
Explain the “pipeline” argument regarding women’s advancement to leadership
positions and offer evidence to support or refute it.
Can leaders be more or less authentic? Or is authenticity like pregnancy: either you are
or aren’t authentic?
How are diversity and multiculturalism in the workplace different?
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.
How can transformational leadership practices affect organizations undergoing
mergers?
How do career experiences affect the characteristics and competencies of leaders?
Defend or refute: Opportunistic leadership can be justified in certain situations.
Environmental influences are considered those things that are outside the control of the
leader’s capabilities. Describe why you think the authors of this research included this
in a skills model of leadership.