60) A person can be called a charismatic leader if he or she ________.
A) can influence followers based on inspirational qualities
B) has a legitimate power to influence other individuals
C) exhibits more faith in others’ ideas than his or her own ideas
D) has a weak need for power and high expectations of followers
61) Which of the following is a possible disadvantage associated with charismatic leaders?
A) They don’t have belief in their own ideas.
B) They often engage in orthodox actions to achieve goals.
C) They lack a strong need for power.
D) They do not always suit the requirements of the situation.
62) Gordon, the CEO of a closed-end business development company, believes strongly in the
ideas that he proposes and stands by them. He displays high level of self-confidence and is an
inspiration to his followers. Many consider him as a role model. Gordon can be called a
________ leader.
A) transactional
B) neutralizing
C) situational
D) charismatic
63) Which of the following is a common attribute of charismatic leaders?
A) ability to achieve goals by engaging in orthodox actions
B) ability to engage in impression management
C) limited expectations for follower performance
D) stronger belief in followers’ ideas than own ideas
64) As a person moves up in the organization, the relative importance of ________ decreases.
A) conceptual skills
B) technical skills
C) emotional intelligence
D) social intelligence
65) Which of the following can be considered the essence of emotional intelligence?
A) awareness of others
B) behavioral flexibility
C) social perceptiveness
D) behavioral charisma
66) Arminor, Inc. distributes medical and surgical supplies, apart from providing supply chain
management services in the United States. The company is known for employee friendliness and
quality of work life. The company requires its managers to be aware of the employees’ feelings
and their own feelings. The company recruits managers who have the ability to self-regulate their
activities. Which of the following leadership skill is likely to be considered the most important
by this company?
A) conceptual skills
B) personal charisma
C) individualistic behavior
D) emotional intelligence
67) Which of the following is one of the key components of social intelligence?
A) empathy
B) behavioral flexibility
C) self-regulation ability
D) self-awareness ability
68) Which of the following statements is true about social intelligence?
A) Standardized behaviors would help a manager achieve social intelligence.
B) Social intelligence focuses on being able to read other people.
C) Self-awareness is the most important aspect of social intelligence.
D) Social intelligence considers self-regulative abilities to be more important than the
circumstances.
69) Which of the following can be categorized as task behavior?
A) rewarding good performers
B) providing personal support to employees
C) setting performance standards
D) showing confidence in subordinates
70) A manager who shows trust and confidence in subordinates is displaying ________ behavior.
A) initiating structure
B) maintaining structure
C) consideration
D) organizational task
71) Transformational leaders ________.
A) motivate followers by exchanging rewards
B) motivate followers to ignore self-interests
C) emphasize having subordinates implement procedures correctly
D) make needed, but relatively routine, changes
72) Leadership that motivates followers to ignore self-interests and work for the larger good of
the organization to achieve significant accomplishments is called ________ leadership.
A) transformational
B) transactional
C) informative
D) consultative
73) Charles leads a team of eleven employees in a fashion design company. He believes in
achieving better productivity by effectively managing the employees. He adequately rewards
good performers at his company and insists on the use of standard procedures. He makes changes
only when it is absolutely essential for the survival of the company. Charles is a(n) ________
leader.
A) transactional
B) transformational
C) charismatic
D) informational
74) A manager motivates his subordinates to work toward achieving the organizational goals
even by foregoing their personal welfare. He does this by modeling the behaviors through his
actions. He has created an image of a self-sacrificing leader through his actions. This manager is
a(n) ________ leader
A) transactional
B) informational
C) situational
D) transformational
75) According to authentic leadership development theory, those who earn the designation from
others as authentic leaders ________.
A) are associated with high emotional intelligence
B) have a tendency to display directive leadership behaviors
C) have high levels of self-awareness and self-regulation
D) tend to be substitutable and the leadership becomes weak
76) Which of the following theories/models has its primary emphasis on followers’ readiness to
engage in learning new tasks?
A) Fiedler’s leadership contingency model
B) Leader-member exchange (LMX) theory
C) Path-goal theory of leadership
D) Hersey and Blanchard’s situational leadership model
77) Which of the following stages in the development of leader-member relationships is
associated with almost unlimited amounts of reciprocal influence?
A) stranger
B) introduction
C) maturity
D) acquaintance
78) Which of the following statements is true about the maturity stage of leader-member
relationships?
A) Amounts of reciprocal influence are limited during this stage.
B) Quality of leader-member exchange is the highest during this stage.
C) Relationship-building focuses on role-making rather than role finding.
D) Leaders and followers focus on self-interest during this stage.
79) Which of the following statements is consistent with the leader-member exchange theory?
A) All leader-follower relationships start with the acquaintance stage.
B) Leader-member relations are more dependent on the behavior of the members than the actions
of the leader.
C) Participative leadership style is less effective compared to consultative leadership style.
D) Leaders’ central task is to build strong and satisfying relationships.
80) Which of the following situations can be seen as an application of leader-member exchange
(LMX) theory?
A) A manager continually attempts to accomplish operational efficiency by rewarding only the
better performers.
B) Sara, operations manager of a firm, successfully persuades employees to do well by offering
rewards in exchange of good performance.
C) Ronald, the manager of a pharmaceutical company, performs a part of the operational tasks
all by himself
D) Arnold, the factory manager of a manufacturer, continually attempts to maintain a good
relationship with the factory workers.
81) Which of the following theories advocated the view that leadership effectiveness would be
dependent on a combination of the type of leader and the relative degree of favorability of the
situation for the leader?
A) Leader-member exchange (LMX) theory
B) Path-goal theory of leadership
C) Fiedler’s leadership contingency theory
D) Hersey and Blanchard’s situational leadership theory
82) What is the central concept of Fiedler’s leadership contingency theory?
A) Leaders’ attitudes toward their co-workers are more important than situational factors.
B) Leadership effectiveness depends on the type of leader and the relative degree of favorability
of the situation.
C) Highly structured tasks do not offer a favorable situation for leaders.
D) Relative degree of favorability of the situation for the leader is low when the leader has
considerable position power.
83) Which of the following statements is consistent with the path-goal theory of leadership?
A) Directive leadership behaviors are counterproductive and should be avoided.
B) Supportive leadership style is suitable if subordinates are inexperienced.
C) Leaders’ job is to increase subordinates’ satisfaction and effort.
D) Leaders’ styles cannot be changed and the situation has to be changed to fit the leader.
84) According to the path-goal theory of leadership, supportive leadership is most suitable when
the ________.
A) jobs are stressful and employees are highly experienced
B) tasks are stressful and employees are inexperienced
C) jobs are interesting and employees are inexperienced
D) tasks are interesting and employees are highly experienced
85) Altdoor International Corp. manufactures and markets commercial trucks, buses, diesel
engines, and military vehicles. The company manufactures the engines and assembles the
vehicles from a large factory located in southern California. Lynn is the supervisor of one of the
teams that function in the production line and most of the tasks that the members perform are
structured and routine. Lynn believes that the supportive leadership style is most suited to
manage his team. Which of the following information, if true, would most support Lynn’s belief?
A) Lynn’s team typically works on short-term projects with varying goals, though the tools and
operations are the common ones.
B) Most members of the team are unskilled workers, and they often find it difficult to operate the
complex machineries that the company installed recently.
C) The team is composed of twenty-five young and enthusiastic employees who were selected
and trained six months ago.
D) More than eighty percent of the employees in the team have five or more years of experience
in performing the tasks.
86) Which of the following is the best example of a leadership substitute?
A) highly standardized tasks
B) formalized procedures
C) indirect feedback from managers
D) advisory or staff support
87) Neutralizer of leadership is any aspect of the organization or work situation that ________.
A) necessitates the use of participative leadership
B) diminishes the image of the organization’s leadership
C) can hinder the exercise of leadership
D) allows leaders to exercise their power
88) Textronic Technologies, a large software company, believes that close supervision is not
essential to manage the software developers. The company wants to find an alternative for using
direct supervisors to manage the engineers. Which of the following techniques can the company
use to achieve this goal?
A) The company can use formal operational procedures and systems.
B) The company can hire employees with high levels of formal education.
C) A functional or vertical organizational structure can be used by the company.
D) The company can reduce the number of leaders by forming large teams.
89) Which of the following would act as a neutralizer of leadership?
A) inflexible organization procedures
B) direct feedback from the tasks
C) prolonged training sessions
D) advisory or staff support
90) What is organizational leadership? How can leadership be effective?
91) Compare and contrast leading and managing.
92) How does leadership differ across cultures?
93) Briefly differentiate between personal power and position power.
94) Briefly explain the two types of personal powers.
95) Explain any three types of influence tactics that managers can use to influence employees.
96) Who is a charismatic leader? What are the different traits of charismatic leaders?
97) Compare and contrast emotional intelligence and social intelligence.
98) Briefly differentiate between transactional leadership and transformational leadership.
99) Briefly explain the leader-member exchange (LMX) theory.
100) Briefly explain the path-goal theory of leadership.
101) Briefly explain the possibility of having substitutes to leadership.