Leadership Test 1

Persistence, dominance, and drive are characteristics of which trait?

Determination

External environmental influences

Economic, political, or social issues; natural disasters

_____ is described as those abilities to understand one's own and others feelings, behaviors, and thoughts and to act appropriately.

Emotional intelligence

The classic article "skills of an effective administrator" by Katz was published in the

Harvard Business Review

Who found several consistent traits among charismatic leaders?

Jung and Sosik

Who developed the three skill model of leadership?

Katz

______ argued that the major activities of management and leadership are played out differently; but both are essential to an organization.

Kotter

_____ are what leaders can accomplish, whereas _____ are who leaders are.

Skills; traits

_____ is one of the five major leadership traits that focuses on a leader's inclination to seek out pleasant social relationships.

Sociability

Who conducted two major surveys of research on the trait approach?

Stogdill

According to Katz's skill model, which two skills are most important for supervisory-(low)- level managers to be successful leaders?

Technical and human skills

Leadership is defined as

a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.

In the book's discussion of leadership, power is described as ______.

a relational concern for both leaders and followers

Technical skills are the _____.

ability to work with things

Emergent leadership is

an individual perceived by others as the most influential member of a group or organization regardless of the individual's title

Position Power

derived from office or rank in an organization

"Great Man" Theories

early 1900s - focused on identifying innate qualities and characteristics possessed by great social, political, and military leaders

Leadership skills research attempts to _______.

identify competencies that can be acquired by leaders

5 major Leadership traits

intelligence, self-confidence, determination, integrity, and sociability

Personal Power

is influence derived from being seen as likable and knowledgeable

The "natural leader" trait definition of leadership ______.

is restricted to those with inborn talent, qualities, or characteristics

Leadership skills are defined in the chapter as _____.

knowledge and competencies to accomplish goals

The skills approach takes a _____ on leadership, like the trait approach.

leader-centered perspective

Assigned leadership is

leadership based on occupying a position within an organization

Landmark Stogdill 1948

leadership reconceptualized as a relationship between people in a social situation

Mann 1959 leadership in small groups

less emphasis on situations; suggested personality traits could be used to discriminate leaders from nonleaders

Trait Approach is

one of the first systematic attempts to study leadership

Internal environmental influences

outdated technology, skill level of employees

9 key problem solving skills

problem definition, cause/goal analysis, constraint analysis, planning, forecasting, creative thinking, idea evaluation, wisdom, sense making/visioning

The four key elements of the definition of leadership used in the text are ______.

process, influence, group, and goal

Which of the following presents a competency based approach to leadership?

skills approach

Agreeableness

the tendency to be accepting, conforming, trusting, and nurturing

Neuroticism

the tendency to be depressed, anxious, insecure, vulnerable, and hostile

Openness

the tendency to be informed, creative, insightful, and curious

Extraversion

the tendency to be sociable and assertive and to have positive energy

Conscientiousness

the tendency to be thorough, organized, controlled, dependable, and decisive

The researcher Katz completed for his article describing the skills of an effective administrator _______

was qualitative research.

Stogdill

1974- 10 characteristics positively identified with leadership

Kirkpatrick & Locke (1991)

6 traits make up the "Right Stuff" for leaders

In their discussion about management and leadership, Bennis and Nanus said that leaders _______

"do the right thing"