The Greek term meaning “excellence” that is associated with ethics theories is
a. Mechane.
b. Apathea.
c. Pathos.
d. Aretaic.
46. The dyadic relationship in LMX is
a. Descriptive
b. Prescriptive
c. Unscripted
d. Both descriptive and prescriptive
The Big Five consists of all of the following factors except
a. Openness
b. Neuroticism
c. Conscientiousness
d. Dominance
A leader who makes priorities clear, stimulates participation, is open minded and enjoys
working is displaying
a. Country club behaviors
b. Authority compliance behaviors
c. Middle-of-the-road behaviors
d. Team behaviors
e. Impoverished behaviors
Path-goal theory suggests that leaders should respond to dogmatic/authoritarian
followers from a
a. Directive style
b. Supportive style
c. Participative style
d. Achievement style
Which researcher(s) identified the 10 characteristics of servant leaders?
a. Liden et. al
b. Luthans and Avolio
c. Riggio
d. Spears
Path-goal theory is
a. Descriptive
b. Prescriptive
c. Leader centered
d. Follower centered
Universally desirable leadership attributes do not include
a. Effective bargainer.
b. Dictatorial.
c. Plans ahead.
d. Win-win problem solver.
It is hard to figure out what is happening in our team. It seems that madness has taken
over not only our boss but most of the team! What is happening in this team?
a. Narcissism
b. Mirroring
c. Folie deux
d. Transference
Questionnaires on Situational Leadership® often ask for respondents to look at specific
applications of leadership styles within situations, which may result in
a. Results that are not in favor of Situational Leadership®
b. A wide range of responses that are hard to validate
c. Biased results in favor of Situational Leadership®
d. Negative perceptions toward organizations
Which leader behavior is the defining characteristic of Liden’s servant leadership
model?
a. Behaving ethically
b. Emotional healing
c. Putting followers first
d. Empowering
Which of the following is not a strength of the trait approach?
a. Self-confidence is the trait most important to leadership
b. It is appealing to identify special traits in leaders
c. More than a century of research has been conducted on traits
d. It provides a benchmark for what traits to look for in individuals
Adjusting leadership styles is based on the assumption that
a. Followers’ skills and motivation vary over time
b. Leaders have to develop basic skills prior to assessing follower needs
c. Followers’ skill level stays the same, whereas motivation level varies
d. Leaders adjust their styles to the behavioral styles of followers
I am the lead barista at a local coffee shop managing four staff. I assign tasks each work
shift and check back regularly to see that work has been done. I do not spend much time
talking with my staff about things other than getting the job done. My behavior would
plot on the Blake & Mouton Leadership Grid at what point?
a. 8, 3
b. 1, 9
c. 9, 9
d. 3, 8
e. 9, 1
The leader’s ability to use motivational patterns to influence others could also be stated
as
a. The ability to force people to do things they would not otherwise do
b. The ability to get people to voluntarily do things they would not otherwise do
c. The ability to motivate others toward a group goal
d. The ability to change follower behaviors against their will
You provide a pay raise to a follower who has received high scores on annual
performance reviews two years in a row. You are demonstrating
a. Management by exception-passive
b. Management by exception-active
c. Individualized consideration
d. Contingent reward
The dynamics of human behavior
a. Are often difficult to understand
b. Are easy to understand
c. Are similar to skills dynamics
d. Are related to the Big Five personality profiles
People want to be able to identify leaders as those who are leading the way in our
society. This is an example of what strength of the approach?
a. Century of research
b. Intuitive appeal
c. Benchmarking traits
d. Definitive list of traits
Which research group labeled task behaviors “initiating structure”?
a. Ohio State studies
b. Michigan studies
c. Blake and Mouton
d. Stogdill and Zacaro