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48. Your parents and older siblings are all successful elected officials. After graduation, it is
suggested by many that you should seek office and, in turn, offer you their support. Which best
describes the leadership approach being demonstrated?
a. Behavioral approach to leadership
b. Leadership as a process
c. Trait perspective
d. Expert power
49. As captain of the soccer team, your primary concern is winning games and maintaining the
strength of the team. Your players couldn’t care less about teamwork and just want to win.
Which component of leadership would you recommend the leader focus on?
a. Roles
b. Common goals
c. Process
d. Influence
50. The leader is at the core of group change and activity, representing the backbone of the group
or organization. Leadership is viewed as
a. Focus of group processes
b. Personality perspective
c. Leadership as an act
d. Leadership as a behavior
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51. Jeffrey is the chief financial officer of an established marketing firm. He recently learned
that the company is going to try to merge with a new firm. He shares this potential merger with
only a few of his mid-level managers he trusts. Jeffrey has
a. Information and referent power
b. Reward and referent power
c. Information and legitimate power
d. Personal and information power
52. Coercive leadership is not considered ideal leadership as defined in this text because
a. Influence in leadership includes followers and leaders working toward a common goal
b. Process is a part of the definition in both coercion and leadership
c. Forcing and manipulative behaviors are legitimate leadership tactics
d. Coercive leadership involves both individual and common goals
53. My boss really does not get the technical aspects of the job my group is trying to complete. I
understand the intricacies of the project and my team members come to me with all of their
questions. What has happened in this work setting?
a. I have taken control and power of the group
b. I have undermined my boss
c. I have emerged as the team leader
d. My boss is no longer a leader
54. Writing about and researching leadership is
a. Declining in popularity
b. A universally appealing topic
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c. Simplistic rather than complex
d. Less popular in the business area than in social sciences
55. Leadership and management
a. Are completely separate entities
b. Occur only in large corporations
c. Occur only in small organizations
d. Are both needed in organizations
56. 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
57. Which of the following is a planning and budgeting management function?
a. Create a vision
b. Build teams and coalitions
c. Setting timetables
d. Aligning people
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58. The trait definition of leadership suggests
a. Leadership occurs because of who the leader is
b. Interaction is the key to leadership success
c. Self-confidence is required for good leadership
d. Dominance is required for good leadership
Multiple Selection
59. Leadership
a. Can be learned
b. Cannot be learned
c. Is about mutual influence
d. Is one-way influence
60. Leaders have multidirectional influence, which means they
a. Are emotionally active and involved with followers
b. Decide actions for the followers
c. Motivate and inspire followers
d. Plan and control work schedules
61. An emergent leader
a. Holds a position in an organization
b. Is perceived as likable and knowledgeable
c. Uses communication skills to be perceived by others as leading the group
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d. Is ranked higher than followers
62. Which of the following bases of power are considered positional power?
a. Information
b. Referent
c. Coercive
d. Reward
e. Expert
63. The people on my work project team call me aside and share that they are unhappy with the
work of the team leader. They share that they feel I know more than the leader and they like my
style of interacting with them more than the team leader’s. What is happening in this team?
a. You are emerging as the leader
b. Legitimate power is diminished
c. Personal power is diminished
d. Influence of the team leader has gone up
64. Leadership emergence can be affected by
a. Gender-biased perceptions
b. Rank in the organization
c. Fit with group prototype
d. Communication behaviors
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65. Simonet and Tett (2012) explored how leadership and management are best conceptualized
and found
a. Overlap between leadership and management
b. Differences between leadership and management
c. Leadership and management are synonymous terms
d. Professionalism and goal setting are similar between leadership and management
66. Leadership and management are similar in that they both
a. Involve influence
b. Entail working with others
c. Are concerned with effective goal management
d. Focus on adaptive and constructive change
67. Which of the following holds position power?
a. Vice president of a company
b. President of a student organization
c. Dean of a college
d. Sergeant in the military
68. Which of the following has legitimate power?
a. The president of a company
b. A committee member
c. A college professor
d. A police officer
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69. The director of study abroad had to cancel a trip because a travel advisory was issued
warning that the country to be visited was not safe for foreign travel. The director was using
a. Referent power
b. Positional power
c. Coercive power
d. Legitimate power
True/False
70. The research on leadership generally has found it to be a relatively simple process.
71. More than 60 different leadership classification systems have been developed.
72. Leadership occurs in both large and small groups.
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73. According to Burns, followers should remember that their leaders are above them and act
accordingly.
74. The earliest leadership theories in the 20th century emphasized control and centralization of
power.
75. The view that leadership is a behavior rather than a trait emerged in the 1930s.
76. An individual perceived by other group members as influential can only be an assigned
leader, not an emergent one.
77. A boss by definition usually has position power over subordinates.
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78. Leaders who use coercion are generally mostly interested in their own goals, rather than
those of subordinates.
79. Kotter argues that managerial and leadership functions are really quite similar.
80. A factor common to the leadership classification systems is the view of leadership as a
process of influence.
81. Followers usually are responsible for maintaining the relationship with leaders.
82. The process definition of leadership states that certain individuals have inborn qualities that
differentiate them from non-leaders.
83. The governor of your state possesses French and Raven’s legitimate power.
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84. A person who is seen by their team as likeable and friendly possesses reward power.
85. The trait definition of leadership occurs through the interaction between leaders and
followers.
86. As president of my student organization I have position power.
87. Leadership scholars have agreed on a singular definition of leadership.
88. Spiritual leadership is an emerging leadership approach.
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89. Using a process definition of leadership means it is available to everyone.
Essay
90. Using Hogg’s social identity theory, how could you coach a minority person who aspires to
leadership in his or her organization?
91. Defend or refute: Men and women are equally likely to emerge as leaders in mixed-sex
groups.
92. Using Kotter’s functions of management and leadership model to support your argument,
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would you rather your direct supervisor be a leader or a manager? Use Kotter’s model as a
reference to the specifics of each.
93. Using the definition of leadership as stated in the text—“Leadership is a process whereby an
individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal”—create an example
where a leader uses and demonstrates each component effectively. Clearly explain and show how
each component is present in your example. Use examples from the text to support your claims.
94. Are leaders born or made? Defend your answer with specific topics and research in the text
that supports your answer.