Leadership Test 1
Persistence, dominance, and drive are characteristics of which trait?
Determination
External environmental influences
Economic, political, or social issues; natural disasters
_____ is described as those abilities to understand one's own and others feelings, behaviors, and thoughts and to act appropriately.
Emotional intelligence
The classic article "skills of an effective administrator" by Katz was published in the
Harvard Business Review
Who found several consistent traits among charismatic leaders?
Jung and Sosik
Who developed the three skill model of leadership?
Katz
______ argued that the major activities of management and leadership are played out differently; but both are essential to an organization.
Kotter
_____ are what leaders can accomplish, whereas _____ are who leaders are.
Skills; traits
_____ is one of the five major leadership traits that focuses on a leader's inclination to seek out pleasant social relationships.
Sociability
Who conducted two major surveys of research on the trait approach?
Stogdill
According to Katz's skill model, which two skills are most important for supervisory-(low)- level managers to be successful leaders?
Technical and human skills
Leadership is defined as
a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.
In the book's discussion of leadership, power is described as ______.
a relational concern for both leaders and followers
Technical skills are the _____.
ability to work with things
Emergent leadership is
an individual perceived by others as the most influential member of a group or organization regardless of the individual's title
Position Power
derived from office or rank in an organization
"Great Man" Theories
early 1900s - focused on identifying innate qualities and characteristics possessed by great social, political, and military leaders
Leadership skills research attempts to _______.
identify competencies that can be acquired by leaders
5 major Leadership traits
intelligence, self-confidence, determination, integrity, and sociability
Personal Power
is influence derived from being seen as likable and knowledgeable
The "natural leader" trait definition of leadership ______.
is restricted to those with inborn talent, qualities, or characteristics
Leadership skills are defined in the chapter as _____.
knowledge and competencies to accomplish goals
The skills approach takes a _____ on leadership, like the trait approach.
leader-centered perspective
Assigned leadership is
leadership based on occupying a position within an organization
Landmark Stogdill 1948
leadership reconceptualized as a relationship between people in a social situation
Mann 1959 leadership in small groups
less emphasis on situations; suggested personality traits could be used to discriminate leaders from nonleaders
Trait Approach is
one of the first systematic attempts to study leadership
Internal environmental influences
outdated technology, skill level of employees
9 key problem solving skills
problem definition, cause/goal analysis, constraint analysis, planning, forecasting, creative thinking, idea evaluation, wisdom, sense making/visioning
The four key elements of the definition of leadership used in the text are ______.
process, influence, group, and goal
Which of the following presents a competency based approach to leadership?
skills approach
Agreeableness
the tendency to be accepting, conforming, trusting, and nurturing
Neuroticism
the tendency to be depressed, anxious, insecure, vulnerable, and hostile
Openness
the tendency to be informed, creative, insightful, and curious
Extraversion
the tendency to be sociable and assertive and to have positive energy
Conscientiousness
the tendency to be thorough, organized, controlled, dependable, and decisive
The researcher Katz completed for his article describing the skills of an effective administrator _______
was qualitative research.
Stogdill
1974- 10 characteristics positively identified with leadership
Kirkpatrick & Locke (1991)
6 traits make up the "Right Stuff" for leaders
In their discussion about management and leadership, Bennis and Nanus said that leaders _______
"do the right thing"