A boss by definition usually has position power over subordinates.
The view that leadership is a behavior rather than a trait emerged in the 1930s.
The research on leadership generally has found it to be a relatively simple process.
A factor common to the leadership classification systems is the view of leadership as a
process of influence.
The process definition of leadership states that certain individuals have inborn qualities
that differentiate them from non-leaders.
The governor of your state possesses French and Raven’s legitimate power.
Leaders who use coercion are generally mostly interested in their own goals, rather than
those of subordinates.
Which theories have an explicit moral dimension?
a. Path-goal
b. Authentic
c. Servant
d. Transformational
The GLOBE research program
a. Was completed at the time of the GLOBE studies publication in 2004
b. Is and ongoing research project
c. Is a qualitative research project
d. Is a quantitative research project
What needs to happen in order for women to achieve elite leadership roles in the
workforce?
a. Greater equity in domestic responsibilities
b. Changes in workplace norms
c. Greater equity in the gender pay gap
d. Greater involvement by women to help women into these roles
Which of the following scholars presented an alternative transformational perspective
that included vision, social architect, trust, and positive self-regard?
a. Bennis and Nanus
b. Graen and Uhl-Bien
c. MacGregor Burns
d. Kouzes and Posner
I have been working with the staff on a difficult problem for three days. Everyone is
stressed and bickering and losing focus. I decide to go for a run, which is a time when I
typically can quietly think and gain perspective on problems. This is an example of
which adaptive leader behavior?
a. Identify adaptive challenges
b. Get on the balcony
c. Protect leadership voices from below
d. Speaking the unspeakable
The skills approach is primarily
a. Descriptive
b. Prescriptive
c. Unscripted
d. Technical
When studying gender differences in transformational leadership, which statement is
true?
a. Men use more transformational leadership
b. Women using transformational leadership are highly valued
c. Women engage in more contingent reward than men
d. Men are devalued when using transformational leadership
A follower asks to lead the next team brainstorming session and you let him/her do this.
You and the follower are
a. In the stranger phase of leadership-making
b. In a dyadic in-group relationship
c. In a dyadic stranger phase
d. In the mature-partnership phase of leadership-making
The concept that servant leaders care about the personal well-being of their followers is
best expressed by which characteristic of servant leadership?
a. Healing
b. Stewardship
c. Persuasion
d. Awareness
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
In Blake and Mouton’s Leadership Grid, a leader whose actions would plot on the grid
at
3, 7 would be using what types of leader behaviors and at what degree?
Much of the effectiveness of the team leadership model depends on accurate diagnoses
of team problems. What skills does this require? What can a leader do to improve skill
in this area?
Not all leadership communication takes place in person. How would the following
media support or complicate each of the four leadership styles?
Telephone:
E-mail:
Twitter:
Written memos:
How would a follower be able to identify, and perhaps identify with, a leader who is
using authentic leadership?
Write a scenario in which middle-of-the road leadership style would be the optimal
choice. How would it be preferable to each of the other four leadership styles on the
grid?
Gender is not mentioned as a relevant factor in this model, but has been mentioned in
previous chapters of our textbook. How would Watson and Hoffman (2004) predict that
male and female leaders would be perceived when using the team leadership model?
What would you predict?
What is the ethic of caring (Gilligan, 1982)?
The orthopedics department at your hospital is thinking about merging with the sports
medicine department, which has in the past shared physicians, physician assistants, and
nursing and support staff, but they have always had their own departmental structures
and leadership. The merger is being considered because the staffs currently share exam
rooms, operating theatres, and many administrative and diagnostic equipment and
procedures. The hospital administration thinks the merger will help save administrative
costs without detriment to patient care. Staff members are nervous about this merger
and wonder if it will cause changes in shifts, long-standing surgical work groups, and
even loss of jobs. You are the leader of the sports medicine department. You have used
adaptive leadership in past challenges and are going to try it now. Apply the adaptive
leadership model to this situation and describe some of the major steps you will take to
deal with this potential merger.
Defend or refute: Although personal attributes are important, it is the leader’s skills that
are most important in addressing organizational problems.