Task-oriented leadership behaviors include giving time and encouragement.
a. True
b. False
People at the conventional level of personal moral development:
a. act in their own interest.
b. follow internalized universal principles of justice and right.
c. follow authority with blind obedience.
d. fulfill duties and obligations of the social system.
A leader can become a better leader when followers:
a. take all the credit for the accomplishments of a team.
b. are submissive and passive.
c. compliment the leader for behavior that followers appreciate.
d. idealize the leader.
Which of the following statements is true of diversity?
a. It hampers the relationship of the organization with customers.
b. It helps develop employee potential.
c. It reinforces the glass ceiling.
d. It provides lesser organizational flexibility.
Which of the following statements is true of an organization’s vision?
a. It is the property of a leader.
b. It cannot be realistically achieved.
c. It is a phenomenon that is readily attainable.
d. It is a view that everyone involved can believe in.
Machiavellian-style leaders focus on reaching out and working with others.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following primarily affects employee engagement?
a. The behavior of co-workers
b. The behavior of uruons
c. The behavior of leaders
d. The behavior of customers
The Pike Syndrome illustrates the power of the conditioning that limits people’s
thinking and behavior.
a. True
b. False
According to Herzberg’s two-factor theory, the leader’s role is to:
a. use motivators to meet the higher level needs of employees.
b. provide only hygiene factors to employees.
c. only remove dissatisfies.
d. use system-wide rewards.
Which of the following things should leaders know in order to use Fiedler’s contingency
theory of leadership?
a. They should conclude that they are task-oriented leaders if they are moderately well
liked, have some power, and supervise jobs that contain some ambiguity.
b. They should identify themselves as relationship-oriented leaders if they define the
task structure and can establish authority over subordinates.
c. They should assume that they are more effective as task-oriented leaders if they
perform better in situations of intermediate favorability.
d. They should diagnose the situation and determine whether leader-member relations,
task structure, and position power are favorable or unfavorable.
Unethical leaders tend to take all the credit for successes, but they blame others when
things go wrong.
a. True
b. False
Melanie has been promoted as the operations head of Apex Inc. She aims to lead the
organization in an effective manner. Which of the following should be implemented by
Melanie to achieve her aim?
a. Focus on getting the most results out of people so that production goals are achieved.
b. Ensure that employees are part of a community and feel that they are contributing to
something worthwhile.
c. Maintain a relationship based on position and formal authority and not on personal
influence and trust.
d. Maintain a degree of stability, predictability, and order through a culture of
efficiency.
According to the situational theory of leadership, a(n) can be effective when followers
have the necessary education, skills, and experience but might be insecure in their
abilities and need some encouragement from the leader.
a. directing leadership style
b. coaching leadership style
c. supporting leadership style
d. entmsting leadership style
Leaders who accomplish successful change projects define themselves as people who
want to maintain the status quo in organizations.
a. True
b. False
Paul, a salesman at an apparel store, did not close as many sales as was expected.
Hence, his supervisor withheld his monthly incentive. In1he given scenario, Paul’s
supetVisorpossesses:
a. referent power.
b. expert power.
c. coercive power.
d. legitimate power.
The complexity of the environment and the uncertainty of the future can overwhelm a
leader.
a. True
b. False
Spiritual leaders establish a corporate culture based on:
a. self-rnotivaticn
b. self-appraisal
c. altruistic love.
d. competitiveness.
A__________defines and uses signals and symbols to influence corporate culture.
What pressures do leaders face that challenge their ability to work ethically?
What are the ways in which leaders can unlock the courage within themselves?
The_________proposes that certain types of needs (achievement, affiliation, power) are
developed during an individual’s lifetime.
________is authority based on personality characteristics that command followers’
attention, respect, and admiration so that they want to emulate the leader.