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