UNIT 4 KNOWLEDGE CHECK
Which of the following statements about 360-degree feedback is most likely true?
360-degree feedback should be built around a competency model.
According to the Five Factor Model (FFM) or OCEAN model of personality, which of the following statements is most likely true about agreeableness?
It essentially concerns one's need for approval.
Researchers at the University of Michigan concluded that there are four categories of leadership behaviors related to effective group performance. Identify a true statement about one of the four categories, interaction facilitation.
It includes those behaviors where leaders act to smooth over and minimize conflicts among followers.
In ________, superiors, peers, and direct reports provide ratings on the extent to which target individuals demonstrate too much, just the right amount, or too little strategic, operations, enabling, or forcing leadership behavior for a particular position.
a leadership versatility approach
According to the OCEAN model, individuals who appear as insensitive, socially clueless, pessimistic, cold, and grumpy are most likely to score low in
agreeableness.
According to Hogan and Warrenfelz, competencies concerned with analyzing issues, making decisions, and strategic thinking fall into the ________ category.
business skills
The Leadership Grid profiles leader behavior on two dimensions, which are
concern for people and concern for production.
According to the Five Factor Model (FFM) or OCEAN model of personality, the dimension of neuroticism is most likely
concerned with how people react to stress, change, failure, or personal criticism.
Which of the following terms refers to how friendly and supportive a leader is toward subordinates?
consideration
According to Goleman's conceptualization of emotional intelligence (EQ), the "change catalyst" attribute most likely corresponds to the ________ dimension of the OCEAN model.
extraversion
Behaviors that are concerned with motivating subordinates to accomplish the task at hand are called ________ behaviors.
goal emphasis
Leaders who score low in neuroticism tend to
hide their emotions.
Which of the following terms refers to how much a leader emphasizes meeting work goals and accomplishing tasks?
initiating structure
According to Myers and Myers's basic preference dimensions in which people can differ, the thinking-feeling dimension
is concerned with the considerations leaders prefer when making decisions.
"I remain calm in pressure situations." This statement most likely corresponds to which of the following OCEAN personality dimensions?
neuroticism
In the OCEAN model, the personality dimension that is concerned with curiosity, innovative thinking, and assimilating new information is known as
openness to experience.
Which of the following leadership questionnaires measured the extent to which leaders in industrial settings exhibited consideration and initiating structure behaviors?
the Supervisory Behavior Description Questionnaire (SBDQ)
Which of the following theories explains the interesting relationships between leader intelligence and experience levels, and group performance in stressful versus nonstressful conditions?
the cognitive resources theory
In the ________, 10-15 superiors, peers, and direct reports are asked to share a target individual's strengths and areas of improvement as a leader in phone or face-to-face interviews.
verbal 360-degree technique
Raymond scores high on practical intelligence and has extensive knowledge and experience in leading a pharmaceutical research team. He is likely to feel uncomfortable and unprepared when asked to organize a major fund-raising activity for a charitable institution. This example illustrates that practical intelligence is most likely
domain specific.
