Organizational Leadership BA 205 - Chapter 2 Quiz

An important strength of the trait approach to leadership is that it

can help with leadership selection and development.

Emotional intelligence tends to

improve with experience.

A leader with an internal locus of control

takes responsibility for events happening.

With respect to heredity and environment, leadership effectiveness appears to be

the combined influence of heredity and environment.

A systems thinker would be especially good at

understanding how the external environment influences the organization.

Which one of the following actions on the part of a leader would most likely contribute to a reputation of trustworthiness?

Doing what she or he thinks is right in spite of the political consequences

Research about emotional intelligence and leadership concludes that

a leader's mood and associated behaviors affect bottom-line performance.

Leadership effectiveness tends to be higher when the leader's intelligence is

a little higher than that of the average group member.

Creativity among leaders tends to be distributed

along a continuum from low to high.

A person with high emotional intelligence is likely to

build strong personal bonds with people.

"Knowledge of the business" as a leadership characteristic is closely related to the leadership trait of

cognitive ability.

An important part of being assertive is to

express feelings and opinions forthrightly.

The achievement motive refers to

finding joy in accomplishment for its own sake.

Kent is an enthusiastic leader, so his enthusiasm is likely to

help him build relationships with the group.

The most effective type of humor for an organizational leader to use is directed at

himself or herself.

Tenacity is considered to be an important leadership characteristic because

it often takes so long to implement a new program.

A hands on and deeply engaged leader is most likely to be strong on which one of the following traits or characteristics?

knowledge of the business

An authentic leader would most likely

practice his or her values consistently.

A key point of the WICS model of leadership is that the effective leader

successfully utilizes intelligence.