What scholar(s) used meta-analysis to research gender and leadership style?
a. Eagly and Carli
b. Heilman
c. Bowles and McGinn
d. Powell and Vecchio
The underlying assumption in expectancy theory is that followers will be motivated
a. If they can do the work
b. If they have good exchanges with their leaders
c. If their efforts will result in a likely outcome
d. If they get a reward that has value to them
Three of my followers each have very different views about how to solve a team
problem. When I explore each of their opinions and keep bias out of the decision, I am
using which component of authentic leadership?
a. Resilience
b. Self-awareness
c. Internal moral processing
d. Balanced processing
Adaptive leadership is a complex process comprising which major dimensions?
a. Adaptive work
b. Situational challenges
c. Leader behaviors
d. Legitimate power
A global phenomenon whereby women are disproportionately concentrated in
lower-level and lower-authority leadership positions is the definition of
a. The leadership jungle gym
b. The global gender gap
c. The human capital gender gap
d. The gender gap in leadership
I openly share that my feelings were hurt by the negative comments made about me
after a staff meeting and admit I made a mistake in how I handled the meeting. I am
using which component of authentic leadership?
a. Moral reasoning
b. Confidence
c. Relational transparency
d. Optimism
Your supervisor expresses concern for your well-being when he learns of the passing of
your father. He is using
a. Directive behaviors
b. Achievement behaviors
c. Supportive behaviors
d. Participative behaviors
The two major domains of ethical theory are conduct and character.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following are included in the types of leadership decisions to be made in
Hill’s model of team leadership?
a. Assess and define
b. Monitor or intervene
c. Task or relationship actions
d. Support or intervene
Which is not a social defense mechanism?
a. Pairing
b. Aggression
c. Projection
d. Displacement
Utilitarianism is concerned with
a. Showing concern for the best interests of others.
b. Creating the greatest good for the greatest number.
c. Creating the greatest good for the leader.
d. Showing concern for the leader only.
Transactional leadership
a. Is not a very common leadership style
b. Is found in the bulk of leadership models
c. Is less commonly used than transformational leadership
d. Is used only in military leadership
What best resembles the consideration behavior construct?
a. Supportive
b. Directive
c. Participative
d. Achievement oriented
Complexity Leadership Theory when used in organizations focuses on
a. Behaviors that inhibit psychodynamic subconscious emotional reactions
b. Strategies to enhance the skill level of employees
c. Strategies that encourage learning, creativity, and adaptation
d. A biological perspective of adaptive leadership
Research on transformational leadership did not find that
a. All four components of transformational leadership are positively related to
leadership effectiveness.
b. Men tend to engage in more contingent reward behavior than women.
c. Women tend to engage in more contingent reward behavior than men.
d. Men’s styles tend to be less transformational than women’s.
The process of authentic leadership emphasizes the development of qualities that help
leaders
a. Be perceived as trustworthy and believable by followers
b. Be more focused on the goals of the organization
c. Be less inclined to interact with followers who are not authentic
d. Assess the authentic development level of their followers
My leader is great at predicting the future based on past experiences. He is using which
characteristic of a servant leader?
a. Empathy
b. Awareness
c. Persuasion
d. Foresight
The intra- and interpersonal process paradigm says we are products of our past
experiences.
a. True
b. False