Deck 4: Chronology of Leadership Study and Practice

Question 1

At least four dimensions must be evaluated when assessing situational or contingent leadership research, list three of the four dimensions.
a. __________________
b. __________________
c. __________________

Answer 1

No Answer.

Question 2

There are at least seven transformational leader-like actions and behaviors. List three of them.
a. __________________
b. __________________
c. __________________

Answer 2

No Answer.

Question 3

Compare the situational or contingency leadership phase to the behavioral phase.

Answer 3

No Answer.

Question 4

In McGregor's theory contrasting Theory X and Theory Y workers, Theory X workers would be considered:

A) enthusiastic.
B) ignored.
C) lazy.
D) satisfied.
E) None of these is correct.

Question 5

In 1955, Katz suggested three types of skills required of a manager and/or leader. They are:

A) technical, interpersonal, and conceptual.
B) technical, integrated, and a concern for people.
C) task oriented, technical, and supportive.
D) technical, informed, and consistent.
E) None of these is correct.

Question 6

Blake and Mouton's Managerial Grid posed that the best leadership style is the____________________.

A) organized
B) country club
C) impoverished
D) team leader
E) None of these is correct.

Question 7

Which of the following leaders is exhibiting traits identified by Stodgill in his study of leader traits and skills?

A) A leader who is self-confident and willing to assume responsibility
B) A leader who is diplomatic and tactful
C) A leader who is organized and persuasive
D) A leader who is fluent in speaking and knowledgeable about group tasks

Question 8

There are four leadership constructs in the Transformational Leadership Model by Burns and Bass. One of their constructs is:

A) Intellectual Consistency.
B) Individualized Consideration.
C) Followership.
D) Managed Culture.
E) Selective Attention.

Question 9

Transactional Leadership has three tell-tale behaviors or behavioral constructs associated with the model. They are Passive Management by Exception, Active Management by Exception, and:

A) Contingency Theory.
B) Coordinated Management of Meaning.
C) Leader-Member Exchange Theory.
D) Contingent Reward.
E) Bounded Rationality.

Question 10

In the Competency-Based Leadership Model, Bennis suggests four actions or behaviors successful leaders employ. They are creating attention through vision; creating meaning through communication; ______________________; and self-development.

A) being accountable
B) becoming a person of trust
C) creating culture
D) delegating to subordinates
E) None of these is correct.

Question 11

Kouzes and Posner in their Leadership Framework have a similar construct to Bennis in the Competency Based Leadership Model. That construct is:

A) Learning.
B) Willful Choice Models.
C) Consistency of Hiring Practice.
D) Reasonableness.
E) Communicating a Vision.

Question 12

In Leadership as Managed Culture Change and possibly in the new phase, Culture Creation Contingency Leadership, organizational culture creation by leaders is:

A) retroactive.
B) protected.
C) proactive.
D) reactive.
E) responsive.

Question 13

According to Buckingham & Clifton, leadership is a process of focusing on follower strengths rather than trying to eliminate weakness.

Question 14

Contingent Reward is associated with Transactional Leadership.

Question 15

Machiavelli suggests that tenets of positive social exchange enhance leadership.

Question 16

Intellectual stimulation is a principle of Transformational Leadership.

Question 17

After the great man and trait phase of leadership was over, Stodgill conducted reviews of the research and determined that there was a direct correlation between traits and skills of the successful leader and championing a return to the trait approach to leadership.

Question 18

Machiavelli suggested that the qualities of a good leader was to be malevolent and feared.

Question 19

Carlyle, Galton, and James are Great-Man theorists.

Question 20

Lewin, Lippitt, and White studied behavioral theory between 1938-1939.

Question 21

Exchange theory is the precursor of modern transactional leadership theory.

Question 22

Fiedler proposed that the performance of any group depends on the leader's style in terms of motivation and relationship to the subordinates and the favorability of the situation.

Question 23

Transformational leadership focuses on three constructs.