Principles of Leadership FINAL - True/False

In assisting group members in building cohesiveness is primarily a task behavior

False

In the Situational Approach, leadership style defines Directive Behaviors as those that help group members in goal achievement via two-way communication.

False

Leadership research suggests conclusively that it is best for leaders to be high-task and high-relationship in all situations

False

One of the strengths of the situational approach is its clear conceptualization of subordinates' developmental levels.

False

The Big Five & Leadership Study found that the factors most strongly associated with leadership was conscientiousness.

False

Environmental influences are factors in a situation that lie outside the leader's competencies, characteristics, and experiences.

True

Human skills are important at all levels of management.

True

Leaders who use coercion are generally mostly interested in their own goals rather than those of subordinates.

True

Leadership occurs in both large and small groups

True

Of all the traits that are related to leadership, intelligence is probably the strongest (most consistent).

True

Situational Leadership requires the clear recognition of subordinate needs.

True

Social judgment is an individual attribute in the skills model.

True

Some studies have suggested that masculinity is a leadership trait.

True

The Style Approach suggests that leadership cannot be explained by any list of personality traits.

True

The Trait Approach focuses primarily on the leader, not on the followers or the situation.

True

The skills approach suggests that many individuals have the potential for leadership.

True

Crystallized Cognitive Ability refers to one's innate intellectual ability or intelligence.

False

According to Blake and Mouton, the "authority-compliance manager" is highly concerned with people and has little concern for results.

False

According to the Leadership Grid, opportunistic leaders rely primarily on the 5. 5 style of leadership...

False

A boss by definition usually has position power over subordinates

True