In the Leadership Grid, a person who uses but does not integrate the 1, 9 and 9, 1
behavioral styles of leadership could be called a “benevolent dictator.”
a. True
b. False
The University of Michigan studies explored how leadership functioned in
a. Organizations
b. Follower interactions
c. Dyadic relationships
d. Small groups
e. Political environments
When do people engage in regressive social defenses to neutralize strong tensions in
organizations?
a. When individuals express anger toward the leader
b. When the organization does not provide protection
c. When the organization’s anxieties are not properly managed
d. When organizations are not functioning properly
Criticisms of the psychodynamic approach include
a. It addresses undercurrents of organizational life
b. It focuses on dysfunctional and atypical behaviors
c. It does not lend itself to training seminars
d. It provides prescriptions for effective interpersonal leadership
I give my teaching assistants the freedom to set their own office hours and create
grading rubrics for the assignments they independently grade. I am using which servant
leader behavior?
a. Persuasion
b. Creating value for the community
c. Behaving ethically
d. Empowering
Supportive mentoring and networking for women are helpful in
a. Reducing the gender pay gap
b. Increasing female leadership power
c. Reducing the need for women to take maternity leave
d. Reducing the leadership gap
Goleman suggests that emotional intelligence
a. Is not as important to leadership as IQ
b. Is less important for meeting life’s challenges than traits
c. Plays a major role in a person’s success
d. Plays a major role at only the top management levels
I get involved with my team and create a positive environment while directing daily
operations and keeping results of the team high. I am using
a. Authority compliance leadership
b. Team leadership
c. Country club leadership
d. Middle of the road leadership
e. Impoverished leadership
Your boss tries to create a positive work environment while also instructing employees
about what tasks to do and when they should be completed. This is an example of
a. Authority compliance leadership
b. Team leadership
c. Country club leadership
d. Middle-of-the road leadership
e. Impoverished leadership
Which of the following is not a servant leader behavior?
a. Empowering
b. Behaving ethically
c. Geniality
d. Conceptualizing