Most experts agree that team leadership is a simple process.
a. True
b. False
An advantage of using path-goal theory is
a. It connects both work tasks and leader-member exchanges for effective leadership
b. It connects both work setting and skill development of followers
c. It connects the work tasks and follower needs for effective leadership
d. It connects leaders with followers by focusing on followers first
The opposite of servant leadership is
a. Laissez-faire leadership.
b. Path-goal leadership.
c. Authentic leadership.
d. Coercive leadership.
Which of the following is a criticism of ethical leadership?
a. It contains research on a topic that is timely in the public’s eye
b. It is unreasonable to expect high levels of ethics in our leaders
c. There is substantial recent research on ethics and leadership
d. The ethics and leadership writings come from only a few scholars
Ethnocentrism can be a major obstacle to effective leadership.
a. True
b. False
Levinson’s work further suggested that systemic organizational problems might be
mitigated by
a. A verbal agreement between leaders and followers
b. A “psychological contract” between leaders and followers
c. A psychological assessment for new employees
d. A psychological role analysis prior to hiring
Transformational leadership views leaders as social architects.
a. True
b. False
My leader gently but clearly convinces me to change. He is using which characteristic
of a servant leader?
a. Foresight
b. Awareness
c. Persuasion
d. Conceptualization
When high-quality relationships occur between leaders and followers
a. Goals of the organization are advanced
b. Organizational performance is high
c. Benefits outside employment are decreased
d. Positive outcomes for greater good occur
Directive behaviors help group members accomplish goals by
a. Giving directions
b. Solving problems
c. Setting time lines
d. Listening
You are tasked with creating a brand new food product using a team of people who are
unfamiliar with the product and do not know one another. The organizational structure
of this group is very loosely defined. This is an example of
a. An adaptive challenge
b. A technical challenge
c. A technical and adaptive challenge
d. A non-challenge
I provided a solution to a challenging problem that just made things worse. What did I
do wrong according to adaptive leadership principles?
a. I tried to take over the situation
b. I tried to solve an adaptive problem using technical leadership
c. I tried to solve a technical problem with adaptive leadership
d. I did not apply adaptive leadership to this problem
You have been working at your job for over a year. Your boss started offering you new
assignments with weekly meetings for the past two months in order to exchange
valuable
information regarding the tasks. According to the LMX theory, you are having
_________ exchanges.
a. High-quality
b. Low-quality
c. Medium-quality
d. Negotiated-quality