Question 1

One problem with the personal attributes perspective of leadership is that

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A)  competencies reflect the leader's performance rather than potential.
B)  most leadership competencies are too specific, leaving no opportunity to interpret their meaning broadly.
C)  researchers haven't yet considered physical appearance in the list of possible leadership traits.
D)  it implies a universal rather than contingency approach to leadership.
E)  research doesn't find any evidence that effective leaders have specific competencies.F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following would be considered a leadership substitute?

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A)  Employees with extensive experience
B)  Supportive colleagues
C)  Skilled employees
D)  Performance-based reward systems
E)  All of these are leadership substitutes.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 3

When people have leadership prototypes, they

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A)  tend to observe the leader's performance rather than physical features and other traits.
B)  attribute the actions of leaders to external causes.
C)  give leaders more credit or blame than they are due because of our need to believe that life's events are caused mainly by human agents.
D)  believe that effective leaders are infallible.
E)  believe that leaders are effective only if they behave consistently with their own preconceptions of how an effective leader should act.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Which of the following is a limitation of the transformational perspective of leadership?

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A)  It is typically presented as a contingency rather than universal perspective.
B)  It focuses too much on how leaders improve organizational efficiency.
C)  Researchers tend to define transformational leadership by its effects on employees, rather than by a set of behaviours used through the chance process.
D)  All of these are limitations of the transformational perspective.
E)  The transformational perspective does not yet have any known limitations.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

Managerial leadership may be distilled into two clusters of leadership behaviour. Describe each of the two clusters.

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One cluster is people-oriented leadershi...

Question 6

________ leadership includes behaviours that define and structure work roles

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A)  Task-oriented
B)  Organization-oriented
C)  Work-oriented
D)  Goal-oriented
E)  Staff-orientedF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

Managerial leadership is most closely related to

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A)  creating a vision.
B)  inspiring employees using charisma.
C)  Both performing daily activities and inspiring employees using charisma.
D)  performing daily activities.
E)  managerial accounting.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 8

Path-goal theory argues that

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A)  leadership is relatively unimportant in organizations.
B)  participative leadership is the most effective style of leadership.
C)  the most effective leader behaviour depends on the situation.
D)  supportive leadership is best where the employee's job is highly satisfying.
E)  great leaders are born, not made.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 9

The implicit theory of leadership states that

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A)  there is no such thing as leadership.
B)  leadership is a perception of followers, not just actual behaviours and competencies of people called leaders.
C)  everyone is capable of being an effective leader.
D)  the best leadership style depends on both the characteristics of employees and the environment in which they work.
E)  leaders are people who change organizations.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 10

The situational leadership theory states that the best leadership style depends on

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A)  the ability and motivation of followers.
B)  the cognitive abilities of followers.
C)  the leader's capacity to walk the talk.
D)  the availability of leadership substitutes.
E)  None of these conditions apply.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 11

Transformational leaders are reluctant to encourage experimentation, because it could lead the organization astray.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to the leadership substitute theory, coworkers substitute for leadership in high involvement team structures.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The implicit leadership theory states that everyone has beliefs about leadership prototypes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The most popular leadership perspective today-and arguably the most important in the domain of leadership-is transactional leadership.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

An effective strategic vision must include all of these identifiable features, EXCEPT

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A)  it needs to energize employees.
B)  it is necessarily abstract.
C)  it needs to be meaningful and appealing to employees.
D)  an idealized future with a higher purpose.
E)  it needs to be easily understood by all.F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 16

The Hersey-Blanchard situational leadership theory identifies the following four leadership styles:

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Leadership competencies identify leadership potential, not leadership performance.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is the relevance of emotional intelligence in leadership?

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A)  Emotional intelligence is one of the most frequently identified contingencies of employees when choosing the best leadership style.
B)  Emotional intelligence is the psychological condition that makes people want to believe that leaders make a difference.
C)  Researchers who conduct leadership studies tend to have a higher level of emotional intelligence than researchers who study other organizational behaviour topics.
D)  Emotional intelligence is one of the attributes of effective leaders.
E)  Emotional intelligence is not relevant to the study of leadership.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

The situational leadership theory states that a person's leadership style does not change, so we must put leaders in situations that match their natural style.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to the path-goal theory of leadership

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A)  the best leaders possess high levels of emotional intelligence.
B)  great leaders are born, not made.
C)  leaders are considered effective by followers when they act and look consistently with the perceptions and stereotypes that followers hold of ideal leaders.
D)  directive leadership is ineffective when employees are experienced and work in routine jobs.
E)  achievement-oriented leadership is the most effective style of leadership.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Exam 12: Leadership in Organizational Settings

According to the leadership substitute theory, coworkers substitute for leadership in high involvement team structures.

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The situational leadership theory states that a person's leadership style does not change, so we must put leaders in situations that match their natural style.

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Managerial leadership is most closely related to

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________ leadership includes behaviours that define and structure work roles

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The most popular leadership perspective today-and arguably the most important in the domain of leadership-is transactional leadership.

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Which of the following is a limitation of the transformational perspective of leadership?

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The Hersey-Blanchard situational leadership theory identifies the following four leadership styles:

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Transformational leaders are reluctant to encourage experimentation, because it could lead the organization astray.

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According to the path-goal theory of leadership

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When people have leadership prototypes, they

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Managerial leadership may be distilled into two clusters of leadership behaviour. Describe each of the two clusters.

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The implicit theory of leadership states that

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The implicit leadership theory states that everyone has beliefs about leadership prototypes.

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What is the relevance of emotional intelligence in leadership?

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An effective strategic vision must include all of these identifiable features, EXCEPT

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Path-goal theory argues that

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Leadership competencies identify leadership potential, not leadership performance.

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Which of the following would be considered a leadership substitute?

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One problem with the personal attributes perspective of leadership is that

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