The influence dimension of leadership places an enormous ethical burden on leaders.
a. True
b. False
What is it called in LMX when leaders form a relationship with each of their followers?
a. In-group
b. Out-group
c. Vertical dyad
d. X-Y axes integration
Which researcher extended House’s work on transformational leadership?
a. Burns
b. Stogdill
c. Bass
d. Greenleaf
When I am monitoring the team by watching and assessing how the team is functioning
as a whole I am
a. Monitoring the internal environment
b. Monitoring the external environment
c. Monitoring the organizational resource environment
d. Monitoring the external team conflicts
My company decides to merge with another to be more financially stable, but in the
process it appears best to downsize our current staff. This is an adaptive challenge
identified by which archetype?
a. Gap Between Espoused Values and Behaviors
b. Competing Commitments
c. Work Avoidance
d. Speaking the Unspeakable
What makes servant leadership similar to the skills approach and styles approaches of
looking at leadership?
a. It focuses on leadership from the point of view of the leader.
b. It focuses on leadership from the point of view of the follower.
c. It emphasizes the importance of communication in leadership.
d. It accentuates the significance of the leader-follower relationship.
Who solves technical and adaptive challenges?
a. Employees
b. Leaders and followers
c. Leaders
d. The organization
The behavioral approach suggests that leadership cannot be explained by any list of
personality traits.
a. True
b. False
Of all the traits that are related to leadership, intelligence is probably the strongest
(most
consistent).
a. True
b. False
Some of the main concepts of authentic leadership were identified earlier as a part of
which approach?
a. Leader-member exchange
b. Transformational
c. Path-goal
d. Adaptive
What are the factors of authentic leadership called that predispose a leader’s capacity to
develop components of authentic leadership?
a. Internalized moral perspectives
b. The dimensions of authentic leadership
c. Resiliency factors
d. Positive psychological attributes
Adaptive leadership is quite different from which of the following other leadership
approaches?
a. Traits
b. Transformational
c. Behavioral
d. Psychodynamic
One of the follower characteristics in path-goal theory is perception of ability. As
perception of ability goes up, directive leadership should go down. Why is this? And
what is the effect on the follower if directive leadership continues to be used?
Compare and contrast the ethical leadership perspectives of Burns and Heifetz.
Defend or refute: Personality assessment instruments are accurate ways of identifying
potential leaders within organizations.
Path-goal theory is criticized for its over-emphasis on the leader and not so much on the
follower. This may lead to follower dependence on the leader. What would you
recommend to an organization wanting to avoid such outcomes? Use specific behaviors
of the leader and give examples.
How do the Big Five personality factors relate to the five major leadership traits
identified in the text?
What evidence is there for the existence of a glass ceiling?
In path-goal theory, when tasks are ambiguous, three different styles of leadership are
prescribed. How would a leader know which one to choose?
Explain how stereotype assimilation and stereotype reactance relate to women’s
leadership performance.
What is implicit leadership theory and how did it contribute to the concept of global
leadership behaviors? What are the limitations of this approach?
How can a leader create unified commitment on a team?