A personal trauma that leads a person to becoming an authentic leader is known as a
trigger event.
a. True
b. False
There is a lack of agreement among researchers on what specific characteristics define
servant leadership.
a. True
b. False
Who is said to engage leadership?
a. Followers
b. Groups
c. Organizations
d. Leaders
Which of the following are criticisms of the behavioral approach?
a. No universal style has been found to work in all situations
b. The universal style of team leadership is best
c. The wide range of research on leadership behaviors gives it credibility
d. The research has not shown how leader’s behaviors correlate with performance
outcomes
How can adaptive leadership be applied in real life?
a. At the individual level
b. In multiple settings such as family, work, community
c. At the organizational level
d. Between individual followers if they choose to participate in the process
The Tavistock Institute psychoanalysts studied unconscious group functions
a. As an aggregate of individuals
b. In terms of group processing
c. Of the group as a whole
d. As an aggregate of psychodynamic minds
The contingent reward factor
a. Is a reciprocal process of mutual influence
b. Is a reciprocal process between two followers
c. Is a process where follower effort is exchanged for specified rewards
d. Is a negotiated process with equal rewards for follower and leader
Why is ethnocentrism an obstacle to effective leadership?
a. It prevents people from fully respecting the viewpoints of others
b. It is focused on cultural competence, not individual rights
c. It is focused on diversity of opinions of others
d. It encourages understanding of multiple viewpoints of others
Relationship behaviors
a. Facilitate goal accomplishment
b. Focus on personal advantage for the leader
c. Help group members feel comfortable with one another
d. Encourage leader-follower interactions
There are only two models in servant leadership, Spears’s and Liden’s.
a. True
b. False
The basic premise of the skills approach is to
a. Identify the behaviors necessary for leadership
b. Identify the behaviors of leaders
c. Identify the skills of leaders
d. Identify the individual attributes of leaders
The behavioral approach is used in many training and development programs.
a. True
b. False
Later studies of LMX found all of the following except
a. Positive relationship between quality of LMX and citizenship behaviors
b. High-quality LMX was positively related to employee feelings of energy
c. Interest in studying LMX has diminished
d. High LMX correlates to positive organizational outcomes
Servant leadership has been called a paradox because
a. It is not a trait but a behavior that can be learned.
b. It asks leaders to serve and influence others at the same time.
c. It is both a theory and an approach.
d. Followers grow while being served.
A leader who gives recognition and social support to followers is using
a. Directing behaviors
b. Supporting behaviors
c. Delegating behaviors
d. Coaching behaviors
Which cultural dimension is defined as the extent to which a society, organization, or
group relies on established social norms, rituals, and procedures to make things more
predictable and less unclear.
a. Power distance
b. Uncertainty avoidance
c. In-group collectivism
d. Gender egalitarianism
The skills approach takes a _____________ on leadership, like the trait approach.
a. Leader-follower centered perspective
b. Organizational-centered perspective
c. Situational-centered perspective
d. Leader-centered perspective