Northouse, Leadership: Theory and Practice, Seventh Edition: Instructor Resource
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Discussion Questions and Exercises
2. Distinguish between assigned and emergent leaders. Give an example of an instance in which you
3. How does gender affect leadership emergence? What is the relationship between likability and
leadership?
4. According to Social Identity Theory (Hogg, 2001), leadership emergence is fostered when a person
fits with the identity of the group as a whole. What are some implications of this theory for minority
members who aspire to become leaders of a group?
5. Define power as it is explained in the text, and then distinguish between position power and
6. Define/describe each of French and Raven’s bases of social power. Now, give a personal example
of each as you have experienced or applied them in your life.
7. Contrast leaders and managers from Kotter’s perspective, then from Zaleznik’s perspective. Can
someone be a leader and a manager?
8. In this chapter leadership is described as noncoercive influence. For what reasons might followers
be motivated to respond to a leadership initiative? List as many as you can. Can you give a personal
example?
9. Burns’s view is that power resides in the relationship between leaders and followers and is used by
both parties to promote their collective goals. Do followers have other power bases besides referent
and expert power?
11. “Leaders change the way people think about what is possible.” How do they do that?