Optimism is a mediating factor in transformational leadership that affects
a. Employee job satisfaction.
b. Employee engagement.
c. Employee liking of the supervisor.
d. Employee self-esteem.
According to team leadership theory, the leader is primarily
a. An analyst for diagnosing group deficiencies.
b. A medium for processing information.
c. A forecaster for anticipating environmental changes.
d. A judge for establishing acceptable procedures.
The development level in the SLII® model is
a. The degree to which leaders are capable of adjusting their styles
b. The skill with which the followers adjust their styles
c. The traits that make up who a follower is
d. The degree to which followers have the capability and motivation for task
accomplishment
Gerstner and Day’s meta-analysis found
a. The stranger phase is an invalid construct
b. High LMX is not correlated with job satisfaction
c. Support for the psychometric properties of the LMX 7 questionnaire
d. LMX measures followers’ exchanges, not leaders’
The primary functions of leadership are
a. Directing, ruling, encouraging
b. Aligning, visioning, inspiring
c. Building, maintaining, staffing
d. Budgeting, controlling, problem solving
The extent to which people engage in behaviors such as planning, investing in the
future, and delaying gratification is which cultural dimension?
a. Power distance
b. Future orientation
c. Institutional collectivism
d. Gender egalitarianism
A factor that appears to influence the impact of servant leadership on outcomes such as
personal and organizational job performance is ______.
a. Leader attributes
b. Follower receptivity
c. Leader context and culture
d. Leader-follower timing
Path-goal leadership is an approach to leadership for which many management-training
programs have been developed.
a. True
b. False
The essence of how psychodynamic approach informs us about effective leadership is
a. Human behavior is rooted in the underlying motives that govern such behavior
b. Human behavior is rooted in emotional intelligence principles
c. Human behavior is rooted in the principles of Freudian psychology
d. Human behavior can be learned
Research shows that male leaders tend to have better-developed social skills than
female leaders.
a. True
b. False
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
Kouzes and Posner’s five practices that enable leaders to get extraordinary things
accomplished include all of these except
a. Inspire a shared vision.
b. Support contingent reward.
c. Challenge the process.
d. Model the way.
I am attuned to my physical, social, and political environments and my impact on
others. I am using which characteristic of a servant leader?
a. Stewardship
b. Listening
c. Persuasion
d. Awareness
Which of the following concepts fall under the key concept within the psychodynamic
approach of focus on the leader-follower relationships?
a. Fight or flight
b. Mirroring and idealizing
c. Core conflictual relationship themes
d. Identification with the aggressor
Jackson tries every day to show his leadership is consistent with the values of the
organization. This instills a strong sense of community and ethics within all levels of
the organization. Jackson is demonstrating
a. Transformational leadership
b. Transactional leadership
c. Pseudotransformational leadership
d. Contingent reward leadership
The problem-solving component of the skills model
a. Assesses leader performance
b. Demonstrates ability to construct organizational solutions
c. Demonstrates leader personality
d. Assesses social perceptions and behavioral flexibility
A criticism of the gender and leadership discussion is
a. The research on gender stereotypes is focused on males
b. The research on gender stereotypes is focused on females
c. There is little research about stereotypes between the genders
d. Studying the gender demographic alone limits the understanding of leadership in
other diversity demographics
What can happen when leaders try to contain anxiety using existing structures and
processes?
a. Reduced creativity and openness to change
b. Ganging up on the group leader
c. Higher independence from group leader
d. Reduced leader control and impersonality
A leader who communicates high expectations, shows competence, and sets a strong
role model is using behaviors of
a. Situational leadership
b. Path-goal leadership
c. Transactional leadership
d. Charismatic leadership