Deck 12: Contemporary Leadership Theories and Leadership Development

Question 1

Managers provide two important ingredients that provide an environment for groups to function and succeed: structure and content.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The macro perspective of leadership provides a more detailed examination of the leader, the external environment, and the situation.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Transformational leaders, often referred to as change agents, influence members through a variety of mechanisms, including but not limited to intellectual, emotional, and behavioral processes of the followers.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Transactional and transformational leader approaches are clearly oppositional.

Question 5

Symbolic leaders interpret and reinterpret experiences, developing the capacity to impart purpose and meaning.

Question 6

According to Bennis and Nanus (198E), leaders are people who do things right and managers are people who do the right things.

Question 7

Charisma is always a positive leader attribute to which benefits the follower.

Question 8

All charismatic leaders exhibit which of the following characteristics?

A) High levels of self confidence
B) Trust in subordinates
C) High expectations of subordinates
D) A focus on ethical concerns
E) Ideological visions

Question 9

Emotional intelligence (EI) has five distinct characteristics, including which of the following?

A) Self-?awareness.
B) Self-management or regulation.
C) Acceptance of change.
D) Self-motivation.
E) Empathy or social awareness.