Leadership Exam 1

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

Moral justification

Choice of clothing can affect one's power and influence.

True

Having a high level of technical competence is important because many leaders, particularly the first-line supervisors, often spend considerable time training followers.

True

Influence tactics refer to one person's actual behaviors designed to change another person's attitudes, beliefs, values, or behaviors.

True

Leaders ultimately must be judged on the basis of a framework of values, not just in terms of their effectiveness.

True

Power is defined as the ability of an individual to produce effects on others

True

According to the OCEAN model, individuals who appear as insensitive, socially clueless, pessimistic, cold, and grumpy are most likely to score low in

agreeableness.

Most emotional intelligence (EQ) researchers agree that emotional intelligence cannot be developed.

false

Smart but inexperienced leaders tend to be more effective in stressful situations than less intelligent, experienced leaders

false

The interactional framework for analyzing leadership includes

followers, leaders, and situations

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

Individuals who score low on openness to experience tend to be _____.

tactical

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

the Gen Xers

Which of the following definitions of leadership is fairly comprehensive and helpful?

the process of influencing an organized group toward accomplishing its goals

Which of the following is the first step while conducting a GAPS (goals, abilities, perceptions, standards) analysis?

to clearly identify what one wants to do or where one wants to go with one's career over the next year or so

Leaders tend to have higher extraversion scores than nonleaders.

true

Leaders who can empathize and get along with others are often more successful than those who cannot.

true

Millennials share an optimism born, perhaps, from having been raised by parents devoted to the task of bringing their generation to adulthood.

true

Research has shown that openness to experience is an important component of leadership effectiveness and seems particularly important at higher organizational levels or for success in overseas assignments.

true

Leadership is most associated with words like

vision

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

Expert

Individuals with high levels of technical competence are unlikely to belong to a leader's in-group.

False

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

coercive power.

Which of the following words is most often associated with the word "management"?

efficiency

According to the Five Factor Model (FFM) or OCEAN model of personality, which of the following dimensions primarily involves behaviors that are highly likely to be exhibited in group settings and are generally concerned with getting ahead in life?

extraversion

A personal relationship in which a more experienced mentor (usually someone two to four levels higher in an organization) acts as a guide, role model, and sponsor of a less experienced protégé is known as

mentoring

Which of the following terms is most likely defined as the ability to intentionally pay attention to the present moment while letting go of judgment?

mindfulness

In the OCEAN model, the personality dimension that is concerned with curiosity, innovative thinking, and assimilating new information is known as

openness to experience

Servant leadership puts an emphasis on listening effectively to others.

true

The study of authentic leadership has gained considerable momentum in the last decade because of the belief that enhancing self-awareness can help people in organizations find more meaning and connection at work.

true

The ultimate test of a servant leader's work is whether those served develop toward being more responsible, caring, and competent individuals.

true

Through a distortion of consequences, people minimize the harm caused by their behavior.

true

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

vision, empathy, consistency, and integrity