Women who are promoted to leadership positions that place them in precarious
situations with greater risk are in positions called the
a. Glass ceiling
b. Glass labyrinth
c. Glass window
d. Glass cliff
A strength of the path-goal theory is
a. It is very complex and has many aspects to it
b. Empirical research partially supports its validity
c. It attempts to integrate motivation from expectancy theory
d. It clearly explains the relationship between motivation and leader behaviors
Which of the components on Blake & Mouton’s Leadership Grid has medium concern
for interpersonal relationships and task accomplishment?
a. Authority compliance
b. Country club
c. Impoverished
d. Middle of the road
e. Team
In-group members
a. Get more information from leaders
b. Are focused on themselves rather than the team
c. Have low-quality leader-member exchanges
d. Do their jobs and nothing more
It is accurate to say that directive leadership
a. Attempts to make work challenging.
b. Provides performance standards.
c. Invites shared decision making.
d. Is feedback oriented.
The leader in adaptive leadership is conceptualized as
a. One who saves the followers
b. One who gently persuades followers
c. One who is defined by his or her personal characteristics
d. One who uses primarily directive behaviors to support followers
A leader needs to use the maintain disciplined attention behavior when
a. There is an issue that is being avoided that is pivotal to making the necessary change
b. The holding environment is yet to be established
c. The determination of technical versus adaptive challenge has yet to be made
d. People want to solve problems on their own
Dyadic relationships in the acquaintance phase
a. Begin to develop trust
b. Begin to develop respect
c. Place focus on the group’s greater good
d. Focus less on self and more on group goals
Pseudotransformational leadership could be described as a form of socialized
leadership.
a. True
b. False
In the team leadership model, the leader’s job is
a. Take action for all problems
b. Solve team member conflicts
c. Monitor and take appropriate action
d. Use the team as a personal support system
Which of the following is a criticism of authentic leadership?
a. The practical model has not been validated
b. It does not fully express the need for trustworthy leadership
c. It provides broad guidelines for authentic leadership development
d. It has a moral dimension
Followers can move back and forth along the developmental continuum, therefore
leaders should
a. Use the one leader behavior with which they are most comfortable
b. Put structures in place to limit this movement
c. Be flexible in their leadership behavior
d. Challenge the movement and direct followers to stay where they are
Developed the Three Skill Model of leadership.
a. Katz
b. Stogdill
c. Goleman
d. Mumford et al.
e. Zaccaro
In work settings where the formal authority system is weak, leadership becomes a tool
that helps subordinates by making the rules and work requirements clear.
a. True
b. False
In Hill’s Team Leadership Model, the cohesiveness of the team and the ability of team
members to satisfy their own needs while working effectively with other team members
defines
a. Development
b. Commitment
c. Recognition
d. Results-driven leadership
I prefer to wait until the annual performance review time to deliver bad news about
poor performance to my followers. I am using
a. Management by exception-passive
b. Management by exception-active
c. Laissez-faire
d. Contingent reward
Which of the following is a strength of the transformational approach?
a. The MLQ has well-established validity
b. It contains trait-like attributes
c. It is widely researched
d. The models are precise
The faculty member on my study abroad trip to Costa Rica has traveled there many
times and is quite knowledgeable about the country and places we visited. She gave us
guidance about the country, local culture, and safety issues while we were interning
with the local farmers. The faculty member was using
a. Referent power
b. Positional power
c. Coercive power
d. Expert power
Ethical egoism is concerned with doing the greatest good for the greatest number.
a. True
b. False