Deck 13: Leadership

Question 1

Self-confidence, honesty and integrity, enthusiasm and the desire to lead, are all intelligence and ability components of personal characteristics of leaders.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Three distinguishing personal characteristics associated with successful leaders are intelligence, honesty and self-confidence.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A leader who works to fulfill subordinates' needs and goals as well as to achieve the organization's larger mission is called a servant leader.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Personal power, innovation and nurturing are consistently viewed as manager qualities rather than leader qualities.

Question 5

Job-centred leaders are those leaders that establish high performance goals and display supportive behaviour toward subordinates.

Question 6

Leadership occurs among people, involves the use of influence and is used to attain goals.

Question 7

The extent to which the leader is mindful of subordinates, respects their ideas and feelings and establishes mutual trust refers to initiating structure.

Question 8

Ohio State University researchers identified two major behaviours called consideration and initiating structure.

Question 9

Hersey and Blanchard's situational theory focuses a great deal of attention on the characteristics of employees in determining appropriate leadership behaviour.

Question 10

Consideration is the extent to which the leader is task oriented and directs subordinate work activities toward goal attainment.

Question 11

A situation would be considered highly favourable to the leader when tasks are highly unstructured and the leader has little formal authority.

Question 12

Influence means that the relationship among people is passive.

Question 13

The highest level in a hierarchy of manager capabilities refers to level 5 leadership.

Question 14

Within a single individual, management and leadership reflect the same sets of qualities and skills that frequently overlap.

Question 15

The leadership grid suggests a two-dimensional leadership theory that measures a leader's concern for people and concern for production.

Question 16

Values associated with interactive leadership include personal confidence, exclusion and independence.

Question 17

Good leadership is needed to help the organization meet current commitments, while good management is needed to move the organization in the future.

Question 18

Authentic leadership refers to individuals who know and understand themselves, act consistently with high ethical values and empower others.

Question 19

The country club management style (1,9) stresses high service and concern for guests or customers, sometimes to the detriment of employees of the firm.

Question 20

Interactive leadership means that the leader favours a consensual and collaborative process, and influence derives from relationships rather than position power and formal authority.

Question 21

A situational variable that counteracts a leadership style and prevents the leader from displaying certain behaviours is called a neutralizer.

Question 22

The task-oriented leader, according to Fiedler, excels in the favourable situation whereas relationship-oriented leaders are most effective in situations of moderate favourability.

Question 23

The alienated follower is a person who is an independent, critical thinker but is passive in the organization.

Question 24

The pragmatic survivor is a follower who participates actively in the organization but does not use critical thinking skills.

Question 25

The relationship-oriented leader performs better in situations of intermediate favourability because human relations skills are important in achieving high group performance.

Question 26

The effective follower exhibits neither critical, independent thinking nor active participation.

Question 27

A substitute counteracts the leadership style and prevents the leader from displaying certain behaviours.

Question 28

Transformational leaders are hardworking, tolerant and fair-minded, but are not as capable of leading change as are transactional leaders.

Question 29

Influence is the effect a person's actions have on the attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviour of others.

Question 30

Situational theory model focuses a great deal on the characteristics of followers, not those of the situation.

Question 31

Power is the potential ability to influence the behaviour and decisions of other people.

Question 32

The type of power that results from the leader's legitimate authority, based upon his or her position within the organization, is called coercive power.

Question 33

The charismatic leader has the ability to motivate subordinates to transcend their expected performance.

Question 34

A transformational leader is a leader distinguished by a special ability to bring about innovation and change.

Question 35

An active follower is characterized by a need for constant supervision.

Question 36

An inspirational leader who has the ability to motivate subordinates, through personal transactions, to transcend their normal performance refers to a transactional leader.

Question 37

Matching the leader's style with the situation by changing factors in the situation to achieve the best match is the basic idea with Fiedler's contingency theory.

Question 38

The entrusting style, according to Hersey and Blanchard, is appropriate for followers with moderate readiness.

Question 39

Task Structure refers to the extent to which the leader has formal authority over subordinates.

Question 40

Charismatic leaders typically have a strong vision for the future and they can motivate others to help realize it.

Question 41

According to consensus research, _____which leaders typically score much higher on social and emotional skills.

A) level 5
B) female
C) postheroic
D) male
E) minority

Question 42

The type of power that results from political referrals is referent power.

Question 43

Which of the following is NOT qualitative aspect of a manger?

A) Maintains stability
B) Organizes
C) Analyzes
D) Rationality
E) Personal power

Question 44

Which of the following refers to the highest level in Collins hierarchy of manager capabilities?

A) Interactive leadership
B) Creative leadership
C) Level 5 leadership
D) Postheroic leadership
E) People-oriented leadership

Question 45

A(n)_____ leader works to fulfill subordinated needs and goals as well as to achieve the organization's larger mission.

A) servant
B) transactional
C) transformational
D) charismatic
E) interactive

Question 46

The distinguishing characteristics of a leader are known as:

A) personal traits.
B) sources of power.
C) leadership styles.
D) leadership behaviors.
E) personal preferences.

Question 47

When Lonnie shouts at Kerry in public for not finishing her work and suspends her for two days, he is using his coercive power.

Question 48

_____ is the higher level managerial quality to influence people toward the attainment of organizational goals.

A) Motivation
B) Leadership
C) Persuasion
D) Commitment
E) Organizational citizenship

Question 49

_____ means being unpretentious and modest rather than arrogant and prideful.

A) Humility
B) Egotism
C) Altruism
D) Reserved
E) Assurance

Question 50

Research indicates people rate leaders as "more effective" when they are perceived to use one influence tactic.

Question 51

All of the following are major approaches to leadership styles EXCEPT:

A) Level 5 leadership.
B) Servant leadership.
C) Authentic leadership.
D) Progressive leadership.
E) Authoritative leadership.

Question 52

Effective leaders develop networks of allies; people who can help the leader accomplish his or her goals.

Question 53

_____ leaders know and understand themselves, act consistently with high order ethical values and empower and inspire others.

A) Level 5
B) Servant
C) Authentic
D) Authoritative
E) Egoistic

Question 54

Leadership is reciprocal, according to Daft et al. This means:

A) it is dynamic.
B) it is a problem-solving activity.
C) it occurs between people.
D) it is redundant.
E) it always creates conflict.

Question 55

Two types of personal powers are expert and reward powers.

Question 56

Early research on leadership traits was referred to as the:

A) contingency theory of leadership.
B) path-goal theory of leadership.
C) great man theory .
D) situational theory of leadership.
E) behavioural approach.

Question 57

Rational persuasion is one interpersonal influence tactic available for leaders.

Question 58

All of the following are leadership qualities EXCEPT:

A) being visionary.
B) being innovative.
C) promoting change.
D) being structured.
E) nurturing.

Question 59

Legitimate, reward and expert powers are all forms of position power.

Question 60

Which of the following is NOT a valid component of authentic leadership?

A) Pursues purpose with passion
B) Isolates self from others
C) Leads with the heart as well as the head
D) Demonstrates self-discipline
E) Practices solid values

Question 61

A situational variable that counteracts a leadership style is known as a(n) _____.

Question 62

In _____, the leader favours a consensual and collaborative process, and influence derives from relationships rather than position power and formal authority.

Question 63

_____, according to the Leadership Grid, occurs when efficiency in operations is the dominant orientation.

Question 64

Self-confidence, honesty and integrity, and the desire to lead, are all components of which personal characteristic of leaders?

A) Physical characteristics
B) Intelligence and Ability
C) Personality
D) Social Characteristics
E) Social Background

Question 65

A(n) _____ for leadership makes the leadership style unnecessary or redundant.

Question 66

Isobel recognizes that her power can come from five sources, including all of the following EXCEPT:

A) referent power.
B) reward power.
C) coercive power.
D) mechanistic power.
E) All of the sources of power.

Question 67

A contingency approach to leadership that links the leader's behavioural style with the task readiness of subordinates is called the _____.

Question 68

Isobel will develop strong skills in working with her people and also strong ability in accomplishing the task achieving the goals of Marc's Music. On the Leadership Grid, her style will be:

A) 1,1.
B) 9,9.
C) 9,1.
D) 1,9.
E) 5,5.

Question 69

_____ are the distinguishing personal characteristics of a leader, such as intelligence, values and appearance.

Question 70

To become a level 5 leader, Isobel would have to hone which personal characteristic?

A) Humility
B) Tenacity
C) Ruthlessness
D) Drive
E) Ego

Question 71

An individual is viewed by his boss as driven, tenacious and hardworking, in the pursuit of goals. These characteristics fit within which category?

A) Physical characteristics
B) Intelligence and ability
C) Work-related characteristics
D) Social background
E) Social characteristics

Question 72

Isobel learns of a recent study on gender differences in leadership behaviours. In which area of leadership do women score more highly than men?

A) Motivating others
B) Fostering communication
C) Producing high-quality work
D) Listening to others
E) All of the above

Question 73

Researchers at the Ohio State University identified two major behaviours called:

A) commitment and consideration.
B) commitment and initiation.
C) consideration and initiating structure.
D) initiating structure and commitment.
E) consideration and concern for people.

Question 74

The ability to influence people toward the attainment of goals is known as _____.

Question 75

_____ is the extent to which the leader is mindful of subordinates, respects their ideas and feelings and establishes mutual trust.

Question 76

_____ is the extent to which the leader is task oriented and directs subordinates' work activities toward goal attainment.

Question 77

A model of leadership that describes the relationship between leadership styles and specific organizational situations is called a(n) _____ approach.

Question 78

_____ leadership transcends self interest to serve others and the organization.

Question 79

According to Hersey and Blanchard, _____ and _____ works best for employees with moderate readiness.

Question 80

Which of the following characteristics of leaders have been studied

A) Personality traits
B) Physical traits
C) Social traits
D) Work-related traits
E) All of the above