Under the situational approach, leadership style refers to motivational principles.
a. True
b. False
His ethical perspective speaks directly to values of workers and values of organizations.
a. Burns
b. Heifetz
c. Greenleaf
d. Mathews
In the Leadership Grid, the 9, 9 type of leader prefers the middle ground, soft-pedals
disagreement, and swallows convictions in the interest of progress.
a. True
b. False
Assisting group members in building cohesiveness is primarily a task behavior.
a. True
b. False
Schyns and Schilling found destructive leadership is strongly correlated to
a. Followers behaviors becoming toxic
b. Collaborative teams being unproductive
c. Other leaders in the organization developing toxic behaviors
d. Negative follower attitudes toward their jobs and organizations
Social judgment competencies include
a. Social intelligence
b. Emotional intelligence
c. Social performance
d. Behavioral flexibility
One of my followers has been verbally lashing out at me publicly about a decision I
made. I stay calm and reiterate to him that my decision is consistent with my internal
standards and those of the company. Which component of authentic leadership am I
using?
a. Relational transparency
b. Self-awareness
c. Internal moral reasoning
d. Optimism
The process definition of leadership implies
a. Leadership is linear
b. Leadership is one-way, top-down
c. Leadership is leader centered
d. Leadership is reciprocal between leaders and followers
The research on authentic leadership is well developed.
a. True
b. False
The purpose of Liden et. al’s research on servant leadership was to
a. Discredit servant leadership as a theory
b. Clarify the altruistic nature of servant leadership
c. Provide a framework consistent with transformational leadership
d. Provide a framework for understanding servant leadership complexities
Which leadership scholar developed the main framework of adaptive leadership?
a. House
b. Bass
c. Kouzes
d. Heifetz
What type of leader uses creative deployment of self through positive self-regard and
emphasizes his or her strengths rather than dwelling on weaknesses?
a. Servant
b. Transformational
c. Path-goal
d. Transactional
Which point on the Leadership Grid is proven to consistently be the best form of
leadership?
a. Authority compliance
b. Country club
c. There is no best style
d. Middle-of-the-road
e. Team behaviors
We avoid talking about the conflict that occurs when our leader lets one employee get
away with coming in late to work every day. We all think it’s because this employee is
the only minority on the staff. This is an adaptive challenge identified by which
archetype?
a. Gap Between Espoused Values and Behaviors
b. Competing Commitments
c. Work Avoidance
d. Speaking the Unspeakable