Leadership Chapter 1:

The decision by the San Francisco postmaster following the 1906 earthquake and fire to allow people to send letters regardless of whether they had stamps or not is an example of which type of response to a natural disaster?

leadership, initiative

A key reason behind using the phrase "desirable opportunities" in a definition of leadership was precisely to distinguish between leadership and

tyranny

Which of the following best describes a leader?

inspirational

According to Robert Kelley, what are the basic styles of followership?

-Alienated -Exemplary -Passive

Which of the following were the findings of a classic study of sex roles by Schein?

-There is no correlation between the ways the respondents perceived "females" and "managers" -There is a high correlation between the ways both male and female respondents perceived "males" and "managers"

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

A review of the 2019 S&P 500 list by the nonprofit organization Catalyst has reported that only ____ percent of CEOs in the United States were women.

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Which type of leader is most likely to get complete and timely information from subordinates?

A leader with 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

Which of the following is not an example of an emotional leader?

All of the above are emotional leaders. (Martin Luther King, Reverend Jim Jones, and Adolf Hitler)

Which of the following does not describe a simple situation?

Ambiguity

Which type of worker is not likely to be more willing to work extra hours on a time-critical project?

An individual who's motivation is solely monetary

Which leader is most likely to gain the respect of followers?

An individual whose followers have participated in the selection of the leader.

Which of the following is a definition of leadership that appears to exclude any kind of coercion as a leadership tool?

An interpersonal relation in which others comply because they want to, not because they have to

The glass __ refers to the intriguing finding that female candidates for an executive position are more likely to be hired than equally qualified male candidates when an organization's performance is declining.

Cliff

Which of the following is a myth?

Effective leadership is all common sense.

All of the following except ____ are part of the followers component of the interactional framework.

Expertise

According to the leadership myth "Good leadership is all common sense," one needs more than just common sense to be a good leader.

False

The more a person looks like, act like, dresses like, and talks like other leaders in an organization, the narrower the band of acceptable behavior.

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 leadership.

False.

The notion of the interaction between leaders, followers, and the situation is best demonstrated by which of the following?

Followers may respond to each other differently with different leaders.

The first researcher to formally recognize the importance of the leader, follower, and situation in the leadership process was

Fred Fiedler

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

Which of the following does not help explain the shift towards more women leaders?

Geography has changed

The __ theory represented the dominant way of conceptualizing leadership for a long time, but has now largely discredited.

Heroic

Which of the following was not a factor in the success of Microsoft's founder Bill Gates?

His competition with Apple

Which was not a basic issue that emerged among the survivors of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes mountains?

Identifying a worthy leader

The interactional framework takes Hollander's transactional approach to leadership one step further by additionally exploring

Interactions

A leadership approach often used by women that emphasizes enhancing other's self worth, and believing that the best performance occurs when people are excited about their work and feel good about themselves is called ____ leadership.

Interactive

According to the text, which is true of leadership?

It is a result of the interaction between a leader and followers.

Which of the following is true of the decision-making process in complete situations?

It should change to probe, sense, and respond

Which of the following is not a myth?

Leaders develop, whereas managers maintain

Which of the following statement is true of the leadership skill?

Leadership can be both innate and acquired.

Identify a true statement about the rational and emotional aspects of leadership.

Leadership involves both the rational and emotional sides of human experience.

Susie lacks enthusiasm, requires constant direction, and relies on her leader to do all the thinking. Susie can be described as a(n) ______ follower.

Passive

Which of the following skills was most important to the emergence of leadership among the survivors of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes.

Persuasiveness in decision making

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 is true of college professors who are considered leaders?

They are both born and made.

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: Leadership can be defined as part art and part science.

True

True or false: Leadership includes something happening as an outcome of the interaction between a leader and followers.

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

Compared to a manager, a leader

challenges the status quo

Which is true of in-groups?

commitment to leaders is relatively high among members of the in-group

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

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

Management is often associated with which of the following terms?

planning

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

The theory of leadership that argued that leadership is a general personality trait expressed independently of the situation is known as

the heroic theory.

All of the following are areas of study by leadership researchers except

the personality of followers

All of the following terms are often associated with leadership except

to control