Deck 11: Leadership in Organizations

Question 1

The trait approach to leadership has identified certain traits that differentiate leaders fromnon-leaders. Which of the following traits is not one of these differentiating traits?

A)Dependableness
B)Conscientiousness
C)Anxiety
D)Self-confidence

Answer 1

Anxiety

Question 2

According to the trait approach of leadership, skills are usually divided into all except one of thefollowing:

A)Technical skills
B)Interpersonal skills
C)Managerial skills
D)Conceptual skills

Answer 2

Managerial skills

Question 3

McClelland and colleagues identified three motivational themes in their research intounderstanding how achievement motivation of leaders was related to performance. Which of thefollowing is not one of the themes identified?

A)Need for affection
B)Need for achievement
C)Need for affiliation
D)Need for power

Answer 3

Need for affection

Question 4

Based on the CCL study, traits that identified derailed managers and predicted failure include allexcept one of the following:

A)Defensiveness
B)Focus on competing with rivals
C)Aggressiveness
D)Over-confidence in opinions and decisions

Question 5

The day-to-day process of ensuring that leadership goals are achieved via supporting, monitoring,directing and motivating performance is known as:

A)Management
B)Leadership
C)Supervision
D)Administration

Question 6

The Ohio State University leadership studies revealed two broad categories of leader behavioursnamely ________ and ___________.

A)cooperation and extraversion
B)consideration and initiating structure
C)calmness and wisdom
D)None of the above

Question 7

The University of Michigan leadership studies found that effective leaders displayed three patternsof behaviour, namely production orientation, employee relations orientation and ___________ .

A)training orientation
B)achievement orientation
C)participative leadership
D)transformational leadership

Question 8

Which has the stronger relationship with outcomes according to the Ohio and Michigan studies?

A)Employee relations
B)Production/task orientation
C)There is no relationship
D)Both relationships are equally strong

Question 9

Which of the leadership styles listed below is not related to situational or participative leadershipbehaviours?

A)Consultation
B)Joint decision-making
C)Delegation
D)Autocratic decision-making

Question 10

________ suggests that the leader makes desired rewards available and clarifies for the subordinatethe kinds of behaviour that will lead to the reward.

A)Situational theory
B)Path-goal theory
C)Participative theory
D)None of the above

Question 11

Robert House's theory proposes two classes of situational or contingency variables that moderatethe relationship between leadership behaviour and outcome. They are _______ and ________.

A)Socialization and acceptance
B)Power and affiliation
C)Leadership and achievement
D)Environment and subordinate

Question 12

_________ is defined as leadership that inspires followers to trust the leader, to perform at a highlevel, and to contribute to the achievement of organizational goals.

A)Charismatic leadership
B)Participative leadership
C)Transformational leadership
D)Transactional leadership

Question 13

According to your text, which of the following dimensions of transactional leadership is notassociated with leaders' behaviour?

A)Task orientation
B)Contingent reward
C)Active management by exception
D)Passive management by exception

Question 14

Research evidence suggests that a combination of _____ and ________ is powerful in producingdesired outcomes such as effectiveness, innovation, employee commitment and engagement.

A)Transformational leadership and contingent reward
B)Transactional leadership and active management by exception
C)Laissez-faire leadership and passive management by exception
D)None of the above

Question 15

Leadership is recognized by the fit between what the individual implicitly believes leadershipconstitutes and the behaviours observed in someone in a leadership role. The implicit modelcarried in the individual's mind is called their ____________.

A)Leadership style
B)Leadership prototype
C)Leadership consideration
D)None of the above

Question 16

Which of the following is not among the six broad categories of leadership prototypicality asidentified by the GLOBE research?

A)Participative
B)Autonomous
C)Narcissistic
D)Charismatic

Question 17

According to the GLOBE studies, which one of the following dimensions of leadership behavioursis not universally accepted as always being associated with effective leadership?

A)Integrity
B)Inspirational
C)Team integrator
D)Ambitious

Question 18

Based on existing research, some of the factors that determine the success of leadership traininginclude all except which of the following:

A)Clear learning objectives
B)Relevant timely feedback
C)Promoting self-consciousness
D)Appropriate sequencing of content

Question 19

Using multi-source feedback via questionnaires is sometimes called_________.

A)Myers-Briggs assessment
B)360-degree assessment
C)'Big Five'
D)None of the above

Question 20

_______ is a system of encouraging leadership development by assigning people to multiple jobswithin the organization in a short space of time.

A)Job share
B)Job rotation
C)Job description
D)Job adaptation

Question 21

_______ refers to situations where an experienced manager works with a less experiencedindividual to support their leadership development.

A)Mentoring
B)Coaching
C)Training
D)All of the above

Question 22

Which type of leadership describes a self-confident, enthusiastic leader able to win followers'respect and support for their vision of how good things could be?

A)Idealized leadership
B)Inspirational leadership
C)Transformational leadership
D)Charismatic leadership

Question 23

According to the trait theory, leadership effectiveness and emergence can be predicted by allexcept one of the following traits:

A)Stress tolerance
B)Emotional maturity
C)Agreeableness
D)Personal integrity

Question 24

Women in leadership tend to have a more _____ and______ leadership style as opposed to men inleadership.

A)narcissistic and charismatic
B)transformational and participative
C)transactional and laissez-faire
D)None of the above

Question 25

____ model proposes that leaders have different reactions to different followers.

A)Leader-member exchange model
B)Behavioural model
C)Situational model
D)Contingency model