Commitment in the Situational Leadership® approach can be defined as
a. Having motivation and confidence in doing the work
b. Being dedicated and a hard worker
c. Possessing the skills necessary to complete the task
d. Mastering the skills necessary to complete the task
During the stranger phase of leadership making, the roles are
a. Scripted
b. Tested
c. Negotiated
d. Implied
I am smart to use my natural appeal on my followers so that I advance my personal
agenda. I would be considered
a. A collaborative leader
b. An ethical altruistic leader
c. A destructive leader
d. A utilitarian leader
A criticism of the behavioral approach is that the research on behavioral approaches has
not adequately shown how leaders’ behaviors are associated with performance
outcomes.
a. True
b. False
Path-goal theory is a lot like coaching and mentoring in Mumford’s Skills Model.
a. True
b. False
A leader that takes a political stand on an issue for no other reason than to get re-elected
is using which ethical theory?
a. Ethical egoism
b. Utilitarianism
c. Altruism
d. Collectivism
Which of the following is not a strength of adaptive leadership?
a. It takes a process approach to the study of leadership
b. It is follower centered
c. It clearly describes a step-by-step approach to adaptive challenges
d. It directs how leaders help followers deal with conflicting values
Ethical leadership involves influence that is central to the leadership process. This
means
a. The ethics of the leader are the ethics of followers
b. The process of leadership happens in a one-way environment
c. Ethical organizations can maintain good outcomes with a few unethical leaders
d. Leaders have enormous ethical responsibility for how they affect others
Situational Leadership® comprises both directive and supportive dimensions
a. That are behaviorally similar to task and relationship behaviors in the behavioral
approach
b. That are applied in the same way to all followers
c. That are used separately depending on the followers’ needs
d. That are applied to followers who are not sure what their task needs are
Which of the following are considered directive behaviors?
a. One-way communication
b. Problem solving
c. Setting time lines
d. Listening
According to the Leadership Grid, opportunistic leaders rely primarily on the 5, 5 style
of leadership.
a. True
b. False
A benefit of shared leadership compared with a non-shared leadership process is
a. More cohesion
b. More challenges
c. More conflict
d. More disruption
Technical skills grow in importance as one moves up Katz’s managerial/leadership
hierarchy.
a. True
b. False
Argued that leaders and managers are distinct; they are different types of people
a. Jago
b. Zaleznik
c. Kotter
d. Bass
e. Burns