LHRD 4723 MIDTERM part 4

A process view of leadership means that ______.

. anyone can learn leadership and emerge as a leader

The dean of the college appointed you to chair the student advisory committee. In this case, you are an ______.

. assigned leader

According to Kotter, management is about seeking stability, and leadership is about seeking ______.

. change

The trait definition of leadership suggests ______.

. leadership occurs because of who the leader is

Arvid works at a new smoothie shop that has not yet made a profit. The boss tells Arvid and the other workers that whoever sells more than 30 smoothies during their daily shift will earn a bonus. Arvid's boss is primarily using what type of function?

. management by developing an incentive program to solve a problem

Which of the following is a planning and budgeting management function?

. setting timetables

Group theory, relationships, and leader effectiveness were three themes that dominated leadership research in which decade?

1950s

The group thinks that Dawn is influential even though Dawn has no formal position of authority. Dawn can be described as ______.

an emergent leader

The origins of the study of leadership can be traced back to ______.

ancient Greeks

You and your co-workers are struggling to learn a new software program at work, and you are on a tight deadline to get a report to a major client when your boss decides to step in. Which of the following uses of power by your boss would run counter to the common goals at work?

announcing that anyone who is not proficient by Friday will be replaced

. Which part of the leadership definition offered in the textbook gives leadership its ethical tone?

common goals

. When contemporary leadership researchers analyze conversations between leaders and subordinates in a workplace, they are using which approach in their studies?

discursive approach

In the first few decades of the 20th century, leadership definitions centered on the notion of ______.

domination

One of the most contemporary approaches to studying leadership is the focus on ______.

followership

The essential ingredient in leadership is ______.

influence

Which type of power have people used in recent years to level the playing field among leaders and followers?

information

According to Hogg's research on leadership and social identity theory, a person is most likely to emerge as a leader in a group when she/he ______.

is recognized as being most similar to the group prototype

Simonet and Tett studied the difference between leadership and management. Which of the following best reflects their findings?

leadership involves creative thinking and comfort with ambiguity

At work, you are on a team of people searching for a new CEO. Everyone agrees the new CEO needs to have excellent leadership skills, so your team starts writing the job description. Which phrase would you use in the job description to reflect your search for a leader?

searching for a change agent and creative thinker

After studying leadership for more than 100 years, scholars can agree on this one thing: ______.

there is still not a common definition of leadership for all contexts