Emotional intelligence includes our ability to perceive and
a. Manipulate emotions of others
b. Manage emotions of others
c. Express emotions
d. Use emotions to facilitate thinking
The six leader behaviors in adaptive leadership
a. Are used exclusively in order from one to six
b. Generally are used in order from one to six
c. May overlap and be used simultaneously
d. Should be used simultaneously
According to research, when a woman leader encounters gender-leader stereotypes, her
likely response
a. Is to ignore it if it is an isolated gender stereotype threat.
b. Is to push back more strongly if the threats are combined.
c. Is to seek support from a more powerful leader in the organization.
d. Is to display a vulnerable response if the threats are combined.
A major strength of the trait approach is
a. There is a set list of traits that identify leadership
b. It is easy to identify the best traits for leadership
c. It can be used for leader training and development
d. It highlights the leader component of the leadership process
There are multiple leader behaviors, task characteristics, and follower characteristics in
path-goal theory that must be assessed correctly and integrated for effective leadership.
This is a
a. Strength of path-goal theory
b. Criticism of path-goal theory
c. Leader benefit of path-goal theory
d. Organizational benefit of path-goal theory
I am meeting my new team, which I will directly supervise for the first time. I introduce
myself and invite each team member to share some interesting facts about themselves
unrelated to work. I am using
a. Authoritative behaviors
b. Task behaviors
c. Relationship behaviors
d. Directing behaviors
What are the two types of responses women have when faced with gender-based
leadership stereotypes?
a. Engage in emotional communication behaviors
b. Demonstrate vulnerability by assimilating to the stereotype
c. Engage in stereotype-countering behaviors
d. Confidence level in decision making is reduced
Taking executive action that is remedial is
a. An internal action
b. An external action
c. An external monitoring process
d. A task or relationship internal action
The active form of management by exception
a. Is slightly more effective than the passive form
b. Is considered non-leadership
c. Is similar to individualized consideration
d. Is enacted only once problems arise
Openness is one of the five traits in the text that focuses on honesty and trustworthiness.
a. True
b. False
Adaptive leaders
a. Prepare people to deal with change
b. Adapt their style based on follower competence
c. Adapt their style based on follower commitment
d. Prepare people to assess other’s behaviors
In Bion’s basic assumptions about groups, what is a potential outcome of these
pathological regressive processes?
a. People regress to behaviors from childhood
b. People are deflected from the main tasks to be performed
c. People end up identifying with the aggressor
d. People contain their anxiety levels
In what decade did researchers start paying attention to issues of gender and leadership?
a. 1960s
b. 1970s
c. 1980s
d. 1990s
Power is described as
a. A relational concern for both leaders and followers
b. Use of force over others to manipulate them
c. Letting any follower do whatever he or she wants
d. Forcing people to engage in extreme behaviors