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True I
False
I. Intellectual stimulation, a leadership quality, means questioning current methods and challenging employees to think in
new
ways.
a.
True
b.
False
2. Unconscious bias theory suggests that white males slight women and minorities because people's decisions
are
influenced by unconscious prejudice.
a.
True
b.
False
3. As women and minorities move up the management hierarchy, they're often fmding it an
easy
road to
travel.
a.
True
b.
False
4. Many minority leaders struggle daily with the problem of delegating authority and responsibility to employees
who
show them little
respect.
a.
True
b.
False
5. Glass walls offer experience in areas such as line supervision that would enable women to advance to
senior-level
positions.
a.
True
b.
False
6. Women leaders tend to be competitive and prefer vertical
hierarchies.
a.
True
b.
False
7. Female leaders are typically rated lower by subordinates on interpersonal skills
as
well
as
onfuctor
s
suc
h
as
task
behavior,
conununication
,
and
goal
aa::ornplislnnent
a.
True
b.
False
8. According to Hofstede's social value system, high uncertainty avoidance reflects a value for a loosely knit
social
framework in which individuals are expected to take care of
themselves.
a.
True
b.
False
9. According to Hofstede's research, masculinity reflects the values of relationships and
cooperation,
whereas femininity reflects a preference for achievement, heroism, and
assertiveness.
a.
True
b.
False
10. All leaders need to be aware of the impact that culture may have and consider cultural values in their dealings
with
employees.
a.
True
b.
False
11.
Profe;so
r
an
d
author
Judy
B.
Rosenerhas
called
women's
approac
h
to
leadership
interactive
leadership.
a.
True
b.
False
12. Today's best leaders realize that diversity suppresses innovation and leads to poor decision
making.
a.
True
b.
False
13.
It
is imperative that leaders in international organizations learn to understand local cultures and deal with
them
effectively.
a.
True
b.
False
14. At stage 2 of personal diversity awareness, people are capable of integrating differences and adapting
both
cognitively and behaviorally.
a.
True
b.
False
15. In interactive leadership, the leader favors a consensual and collaborative
process.
a.
True
b.
False
16. A benefit of employee affmity groups is that people often obtain sponsors through their affiliation with the
groups.
a.
True
b.
False
Multiple Choice
I
7.
I
n
1he
context
of1h
e
siiiVe
y
of
followers
,
whic
h
of1h
e
followin
g
statements
is
1ru
e
of
female
leaders?
a. They have more
aggressiveness
than male
leaders.
b. They provide lesser inspirational motivation than male
leaders.
c. They are more individually considerate than male
leaders.
d. They offer less intellectual stimulation than male
leaders.
18. Which of the following statements is true of the glass
ceiling?
a.
When
executive
s
choose
a
successo
r
for
a
to
p
position,1hey
ten
d
to
choosesomeone
who
is
different
fro
m
1hem.
b.
The
existence
of"glas
s
walls"fucilitate
s
important
lateralmovementwithi
n
a
n
organization
c. Prevailing attitudes are invisible obstacles to women's
advancement.
d. Women represent a large percentage of top executives and board members in American
companies.
19. In the United States, some women leaders feel that the cost of climbing the corporate
ladder
is too high and they leave before ever encountering the glass ceiling. This phenomenon
has
been referred to as
the:
a. capacityforcollaboration
b. opt-out
trend.
c. diversity for
thought.
d. unconscious bias
theory.
20. Paying a woman less than a man for the same work is known as .
a. gender discrimination
b. passive bias
c. unconscious bias
d. ethnic discrimination
21. According to a report from the National Bureau of Economic Research, white-sounding names got 50 percent
more
call-backs than AfricanArnerican names, even when skills and experience were equal. This is an example
of
i
n
the
workplace.
a. active bias
b. conscious bias
c. unconscious bias
d. deliberate bias
22. Ethnocentrism is the belief
that:
a. one's culture and subculture are inherently superior to other
cultures.
b. all cultures have
value.
c. everyone in an organization has the same values, beliefs, and
motivations.
d. everyone in an organization has the same attitudes about work and life.
23. Tracy and Richard work for QWERTY Corp. They have both been promoted as senior managers for a
new
project. However, Tracy gets paid lower than Richard for the same work. This is an
example
of
a. gender discrimination.
b.
stereotyping.
c. inclusion.
d. ethnic bias.
24. When a leader and company act out prejudicial attitudes toward people who are the targets of their
prejudice,
OCClES.
a.
unconscious bias
b. discrimination
c. inclusion
d. uncertainty
avoidance
25. refers to an adverse feeling or opinion formed without regard for
the
facts.
a.
Prejudice
b. Ethnocentrism
c.
Socialloafmg
d. Deindividuation
26. Diversity refers to all the ways in which people differ, including the dimension of .
a. lifestyle
b.
technological
skills
c. job
expertise
d. job satisfaction
27.
According
t
o
HofStede'
s
social
valuesystem,
high
powe
r
distance
mean
s
that:
a. people accept inequality in power among institutions, organizations, and individuals.
b. members of a society feel uncomfortable with uncertainty and
ambiguity.
c. people prefer a loosely knit social framework in which individuals take care of
themselves.
d. members of a society value relationships, cooperation, and group decision
making.
28. The inclusive model of diversity includes all of the ways in which people differ including .
a. disability
b. job
expertise
c. technical skills
d. military
experience
29. According to the Hofstede studies, reflects the values of relationships, cooperation, group decision
making,
and quality of lifu
a. collectivism
b. femininity
c. masculinity
d. uncertainty
avoidance
30. Which of the following is a dimension of the traditional model of diversity?
a. Work
style
b. Military
experience
c. Pay
level
d. Nationality
