Deck 1: The Leaders Light or Shadow

Question 1

______ leaders may lack emotional or academic intelligence, for example, or be careless, distracted, or sloppy.

A) Callous
B) Rigid
C) Toxic
D) Incompetent

Answer 1

D

Question 2

______ leaders lack self-control and are enabled by followers who don't want to intervene or can't.

A) Callous
B) Intemperate
C) Incompetent
D) Toxic

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Diverse followers, varying levels of relationships, and elements of the situation make ______ an ethical burden of leadership.

A) consistency
B) loyalty
C) communication
D) engaging

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Leaders act irresponsibly when they fail to ______.

A) make reasonable efforts to prevent misdeeds on the part of their followers
B) engage in destructive behavior
C) ignore or deny ethical problems
D) shoulder responsibility for the consequences of their directives

Question 5

Which one of the descriptions below would not be a description of an unethical leader?

A) They fail to reveal conflicts of interest.
B) They withhold information that followers need.
C) They use information solely for personal benefit.
D) They derail communication in the organization.

Question 6

______ leaders and at least some of their followers lie, cheat, and steal.

A) Callous
B) Corrupt
C) Toxic
D) Rigid

Question 7

______ leaders may be competent, but they are unyielding, unable to accept new ideas, new information, or changing conditions.

A) Callous
B) Rigid
C) Abusive
D) Tyrannical

Question 8

______ leaders are uncaring or unkind, ignoring or downplaying the needs, wants, and wishes of followers.

A) Callous
B) Rigid
C) Abusive
D) Tyrannical

Question 9

Leaders almost always enjoy greater ______ than followers do.

A) power
B) privileges
C) benefits
D) praise

Question 10

Leaders have more access to ______ than do others in an organization.

A) stocks
B) salary
C) communication
D) information

Question 11

To avoid contributing to a shadowy environment, followers must deliver ______ and accept responsibility for their actions.

A) bad news
B) reprimands
C) punishment
D) firings

Question 12

______ leaders act against the interests of both subordinates and the organization. Laissez-faire leaders engage in passive and indirect negative behavior.

A) Supportive
B) Derailed
C) Disloyal
D) Tyrannical

Question 13

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton behaved in a/an ______ manner when he didn't intervene in the Rwandan genocide that took the lives of 800,000 to 1 million people in 1994.

A) insular
B) callous
C) rigid
D) corrupt

Question 14

Impression management is integral to effective leadership because followers have images of ideal leaders called ______.

A) prototypes
B) stereotypes
C) deification
D) referent power

Question 15

______ power uses inducements (bonuses, raises) and threats (arrests, firings) to get people to go along, while ______ power is based on attracting others rather than forcing them or inducing them to comply.

A) Derailed; referent
B) Hard; soft
C) Mismanaged; inconsistent
D) Loyal; disloyal

Question 16

______ leaders act against the interests of both subordinates and the organization.

A) Supportive/disloyal
B) Derailed
C) Callous
D) Tyrannical

Question 17

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is one example of a/an ______ leader.

A) insular
B) evil
C) corrupt
D) toxic

Question 18

______ leaders care for the welfare of subordinates at the expense of organizational goals.

A) Supportive/disloyal
B) Tyrannical
C) Callous
D) Derailed

Question 19

According to the text, ______ is a mixed blessing.

A) leadership
B) power
C) knowledge
D) privilege

Question 20

______ impression managers meet group wants and needs, not just the needs of the leaders.

A) Idea
B) Prototyped
C) Ethical
D) Loyal

Question 21

______ is another name for role model power.

A) Referent
B) Legitimate
C) Expert
D) Authority

Question 22

According to LMX, the ______ have high levels of trust, mutual influence, and support that characterize their exchanges with the leader.

A) out-groups
B) in-groups
C) role models
D) mentors

Question 23

______ leaders lack self-control.

A) Intemperate
B) Callous
C) Incompetent
D) Rigid

Question 24

______ leaders engage in passive and indirect negative behavior.

A) Callous
B) Laissez-faire
C) Tyrannical
D) Abusive

Question 25

______ leaders reach organizational goals while abusing followers.

A) Callous
B) Laissez-faire
C) Tyrannical
D) Abusive

Question 26

______ leaders lack the motivation or the ability to sustain effective action.

A) Callous
B) Rigid
C) Abusive
D) Incompetent

Question 27

______ leaders draw a clear boundary between the welfare of his or her immediate group or organization and outsiders.

A) Corrupt
B) Incompetent
C) Rigid
D) Insular

Question 28

______ can be compared to a performance on a stage.

A) Scientific management
B) Role management
C) Impression management
D) Equity management

Question 29

______ leaders put self-interest ahead of the public interest.

A) Corrupt
B) Abusive
C) Incompetent
D) Rigid

Question 30

______ leaders are unable to accept new ideas.

A) Callous
B) Rigid
C) Abusive
D) Incompetent

Question 31

______ is making inappropriate or excessive threats for not complying with the leader's directives.

A) Abuse
B) Belittling
C) Cruelty
D) Coercion

Question 32

The greater a leader's ______, the greater the potential for abuse.

A) role
B) power
C) rank
D) potential

Question 33

The head of ISIS would be an example of a(n) ______ leader.

A) evil
B) abusive
C) tyrannical
D) rigid

Question 34

______ leaders engage in destructive behaviors and display dysfunctional personal characteristics.

A) Abusive
B) Callous
C) Rigid
D) Toxic

Question 35

______ is lying and giving false or misleading information.

A) Abuse
B) Deceit
C) Cruelty
D) Coercion

Question 36

______ and ______ represent the power of leaders to either illuminate the lives of their followers or cast them in darkness.

A) Sun; moon
B) Bright; dark
C) Rain; clouds
D) Light; shadow

Question 37

Roberto preferred to earn the respect of his employees rather than force employees to follow him. What kind of power is Roberto modeling?

A) expert
B) referent
C) legitimate
D) reward

Question 38

______ theory is based on the notion that a leader develops a closer relationship with one group of followers than with others.

A) Scientific management
B) LMX
C) Equity
D) Equality

Question 39

______ is creating a master-servant relationship in which bosses can do whatever they want because they feel superior.

A) Deification
B) Cruelty
C) Abuse
D) Coercion

Question 40

There is a difference between healthy skepticism, which prevents followers from being exploited, and unhealthy ______, which undermines individual and group performance.

A) abuse
B) bias
C) cynicism
D) power

Question 41

Impression management can be used to reach immoral ends.

Question 42

Many of history's villains are traitors.

Question 43

Carla liked to deliver praise and bonuses to her employees to motivate them. What kind of power is Carla modeling?

A) expert
B) referent
C) legitimate
D) reward

Question 44

Your book discusses some of the common shadows cast by leaders faced with the ethical challenges of leadership. What are the two important questions that arose while identifying these shadows?

Question 45

What is meant by "the challenge of obligation?" What does this have to do with followership?

Question 46

Hard power uses bonuses, raises, or threats to get people to go along.

Question 47

The Bond scholars identified seven clusters of destructive leader behaviors. Discuss each "cluster" in a minimum of one sentence.

Question 48

As a leader in her organization, every year Ruth gave up 1 week of vacation time to serve at a camp for at-risk youth. This is an example of ______.

A) sharing power
B) sharing mismanaged information
C) sharing privilege
D) sharing broken loyalties

Question 49

Companies do not have the right to gather information in order to improve performance and eliminate waste and theft.

Question 50

Followers can walk on the dark side if they fail to meet moral responsibilities of their roles.

Question 51

Employers are also gathering more and more information about employee behavior both on and off the job.

Question 52

Discuss the challenge of cynicism and what it means to followership.

Question 53

U.S. workers prefer leaders who rely on legitimate power.

Question 54

Name and briefly define four behaviors of "brutal" bosses.

Question 55

Derailed leaders reach organizational goals while abusing followers.

Question 56

Toxic leaders engage in destructive behaviors and display dysfunctional personal characteristics.

Question 57

Powerful leaders are not prone to biased judgments.

Question 58

Impression management can be compared to a performance on a stage.