MGMT 4700 - Chapter 1
Laura is jokingly referred to as a Debbie Downer. She is always quick to point out to negative aspects of the organization. What type of follower is Laura?
Alienated
Which does NOT describe a simple situation?
Ambiguity
The glass ______ refers to the intriguing finding that female candidates for a executive position are more likely to be hired than equally qualified male candidates when an organization's performance is declining
Cliff
Which is true of in-groups?
Commitment to leaders is relatively high among members of the in-group.
All of the following terms are often associated with leadership EXCEPT
Control
Which of the following is a myth?
Effective leadership is all common sense
Which of the following are true about ideal leaders?
They should use rational techniques and emotional appeals to influence followers. They must weigh the rational and emotional consequences of their actions
According to Robert Kelley, alienated followers habitually point out all the negative aspects of an organization to others, and leaders often see them as adversarial
True
As followers are often at the levels where many organizational problems occur, they can give leaders relevant information so that good solutions are implemented
True
Leaders have considerably more influence with in-group followers than with out-group followers.
True
The mere presence of a group can cause people to act differently than when they are alone
True
True or False: It is essential to consider both context and followers when determining leadership effectiveness
True
True or False: Leaders who punish members of the in-group risk losing the high levels of loyalty and commitment of their followers
True
True or False: Research on how men and women describe their leadership experience show than men use transactional terms while women choose transformational terms
True
True or False: Research shows that while women receive more on-the-job mentoring than men, women' mentors tend to have less clout than mens' mentors
True
True or False: Workers who share a leader's goals and values, and who feel intrinsically rewarded for performing a job well, might be more likely to work extra hours on a time-critical project than those whose motivation is solely monetary.
True
Which was NOT a basic issue that emerged among the survivors of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes mountains
Identifying a worthy leader
What is true leadership?
It is a result of the interaction between a leader and followers
The cable made by a deputy in the San Francisco army to request tents, rations, and medicine following the earthquake and the response by William Howard Taft to dispatch the longest hospital train is an example of
Leadership initiative
Which type of leader is most likely to get complete and timely information from subordinates
A leader wit a calm disposition who doesn't attack others for bringing bad news.
Which of the following individuals could best be described as one who aroused destructive feelings in followers
Adolf Hitler
A widely respected leader who is selected from within an organization tends to receive less latitude in a new leadership position than a newcomer
False
According to the leadership myth "Good leadership is all common sense," one needs more than just common sense to be a good leader
False
Formal study and learning from experience are mutually exclusive when developing leadership skills
False
Good leadership is all about calculation, planning, and following a checklist
False
True or False: A difference between a leader and a manager is that a leader ministers wile a manager innovates
False
True or False: Because of their vast knowledge of the field, leadership scholars are always good leaders
False
True or False: Formal study and learning from experience are mutually exclusive and antagonistic
False
True or False: Most researchers in the field of leadership are in agreement on the basic definition of leader
False
True or False: the more a person looks like, acts like, dresses like, and talks like other leaders in an organization, the narrower the band of acceptable behavior
False
When followers have a say in the selection or election of a leader, they are likely to have low expectations and make few demands
False
The interactional framework for analyzing leadership includes
Followers, leaders, and situations
The success of Microsoft's founder can be attributed to his intelligence, his vision, and ______ among other things
Gates' opportunity to practice computer programming while still in high school
A leader's job in a complex situation is to
Generate new ideas and ways of thinking among everyone
Which of the following does NOT help explain the shift towards more women leaders?
Geography has changed
The theory of leadership that argued that leadership is a general personality trait expressed independently of the situation is known as
Heroic Theory
Which of the following is a conventional distinction between managers and leaders?
Managers maintain, while leaders develop
Task, stress, and the environment are all part of which component of the interactional framework?
Situation
Fred Fiedler's contingency model of the leadership process included all of the following EXCEPT
Strategy
Which definition of leadership appears to exclude informal leadership?
The process by which an agent induces a subordinate to behave in a desired manner.
Which of the following is NOT an example of how researchers have defined leadership?
The success and failure of an organization
Which of the following were the findings of a classic study of sex roles by Schein?
There is a high correlation between the ways both male and female respondents perceived "males" and "managers" There is not correlation between the ways the respondents perceived "females" and "managers"
Which of the following is true of college professors who are considered leaders?
They are both born and made
The definition of leadership that highlights the directing and controlling aspects of leadership may deemphasize the ______ aspects of leadership.
emotional
How Parrado managed to convince the survivors of the 1972 Andes plane crash to stage and support the final expedition would be most likely examined by researchers who define leadership as
influencing an organized group toward accomplishing its goals
