Week 2- Practice Knowledge Check

__________ occurs when agents ask targets to participate in planning an activity.

Consultation

Which of the following statements is true of coercive power?

It has the possibility to be used by followers to influence their leader's behavior.

Which of the following statements is true of legitimate power?

It means that a leader has authority because she or he has been assigned a particular role in an organization.

Identify a true statement about socialized power.

It often involves an empowering, rather than an autocratic, style of management and leadership.

According to Zemke's four generations of workers, which of the following statements is most likely true of the Baby Boomers?

They are loyal to their organization when it comes to work ethics.

Which of the following statements is most likely true of servant leaders?

They need to integrate present realities and future possibilities.

Which of the following statements is true of managers with the Theory Y orientation?

They reflect a view that most people are intrinsically motivated by their work.

According to Zemke's four generations of workers, which of the following statements is most likely true of the Veterans?

They represent a wealth of lore and wisdom.

People in societies exhibiting a large degree of power distance

accept a hierarchical order in which everybody has a place and that needs no further justification.

Followers are highly likely to use __________ power to change their leader's behavior if they have a relatively high amount of referent power with their fellow coworkers.

coercive

A police officer giving a speeding ticket to a driver is most likely using his or her

coercive power.

An authentic leader will most likely

have a realistic self-perception.

Multiple Choice

have a realistic self-perception.

People tend to use rational tactics when

parties are relatively equal in power.

Which of the following is an intrinsic reward?

personal growth

Which of the following is an approach, developed and popularized by Covey, which postulates a fundamental interdependence between the personal, the interpersonal, the managerial, and the organizational levels of leadership?

principle-centered leadership

Which of the following best describes ethics?

principles of right conduct

A leader who has developed close interpersonal relationships with followers generally uses his or her __________ power to influence them.

referent

When students respond positively to requests from teachers who are well-liked and respected, it most likely illustrates that the teachers have

referent power.

Unlike consultation, coalition tactics are most likely used when agents

seek the aid or support of others to influence their targets.

Which of the following generation of workers tends to be technologically savvy, independent, and skeptical of institutions and hierarchy?

the Gen Xers

What are the four qualities of leadership that engender trust according to Bennis and Goldsmith?

vision, empathy, consistency, and integrity

Hall and Donnell reported findings of five separate studies involving over 12,000 managers that explored the relationship between managerial achievement and attitudes toward subordinates. Overall, they found that managers who strongly subscribed to Theory X beliefs

were highly likely to be in their lower-achieving group.

Leaders who pull people together on the basis of shared beliefs and a common sense of organizational purpose and belonging are most likely the ones

who create a compelling vision.

Ends-based thinking is often characterized as

"do what's best for the greatest number of people."

The ability to control others through the fear of punishment or the loss of valued outcomes is known as

coercive power.

Influence is best described as the

degree of actual change in a target person's values.

Values are most likely

learned through the socialization process.

Legitimizing tactics most likely occur when agents

make requests based on their position or authority.

Leadership behavior enacted by individuals who take action to maintain ethical standards in the face of questionable moral behaviors by higher-ups is referred to as

upward ethical leadership.

In the context of moral potency, the belief or confidence in one's capability to mobilize various personal, interpersonal, and other external resources to persist despite moral adversity is referred to as

moral efficacy.

__________ power is a function of the amount of knowledge one possesses relative to the rest of the members of a group.

Expert

__________ power is a function of the amount of knowledge one possesses relative to the rest of the members of a group.

ExpertCorrect

__________ involves reinterpreting otherwise immoral behavior in terms of a higher purpose.

Moral justification

__________ is most likely to be associated with the role friendships play in making things happen.

Referent power

According to Zemke's four generations of workers, the Millennials

doubt the wisdom of traditional racial and sexual categorizing.

Terrorists may call themselves "freedom fighters," and firing someone may be referred to as "letting him or her go." These are both examples of

euphemistic labeling.

Dr. Jonathon realizes that his patient is suffering from a highly contagious disease that is likely to pose a threat to the entire city. However, he is uncertain about sharing this information with city officials to protect his patient's privacy. In this scenario, which of the following ethical dilemmas does the doctor most likely face?

individual versus community

Craig, a high school student, wakes up early on a Sunday morning and makes his mother's favorite chocolate cake and butterscotch cookies. He wants to seek permission for a week-long trekking trip and is sure that the cake and cookies will get his mother in a good mood. This scenario most likely exemplifies

ingratiation.

Which of the following best describes the term "attribution of blame"?

justifying immoral behavior by claiming it was caused by someone else's actions

Sean, a market manager at Pebble Deco Inc., asks his subordinate, Natalie, to work on a high-priority marketing campaign for the next quarter. She is hesitant to take up the assignment but is unable to refuse because of Sean's position and authority. In this scenario, Sean is most likely using

legitimizing tactics.