MGNT 421 Chapter 1

Identify a true statement about the rational and emotional aspects of leadership. - People are either rational or emotional, so leaders should use rational techniques and emotional appeals accordingly. -Leadership includes actions and influences based on reason and logic rather than emotions. -Good leadership involves touching others' feelings rather than rational analysis. -Leadership involves both the rational and emotional sides of human experience.

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

Which of the following is a myth? -Leadership and management are closely related, but distinguishable. -Leadership is often associated with words like risk taking or dynamic. -Management can be associated with words such as planning or paperwork. -Effective leadership is all common sense.

Effective leadership is all common sense

True or false: The more a person looks like, acts like, dresses like, and talks like other leaders in an organization, the narrower the band of acceptable behavior.

False

True or false: The tendency to view leadership using masculine attributes has greatly diminished over the last decade.

False

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"

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 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."

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

Fred Fiedler

Which leader aroused destructive feelings in his followers?

Hitler

T/F: Leadership includes something happening as an outcome of the interaction between a leader and followers

True

True or false: It is essential to consider both context and followers when determining leadership effectiveness.

True

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: Research on how men and women describe their leadership experiences shows than men use transactional terms while women choose transformational terms.

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

Management is associated with which of the following terms? Dynamic Planning Risk Taking Change

Planning

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

A leader's job in a complex situation is to

generate new ideas and ways of thinking among everyone

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

heroic

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

heroic theory

Which of the following was not a factor in the success of Microsoft's founder Bill Gates? -competition with Apple -Vision -Intelligence -Being in the right place at the right time

his competition with Apple

The success of Microsoft's founder can be attributed to his intelligence, his vision, and _____ among other things.

his opportunity to practice computer programming while still in high school

Terms associated with leadership

risk taking dynamic creativity change vision

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

All of the following are areas of study by leadership researchers except ____________ -how aspects of the situation affect the way leaders act -the personality of followers -the relationships between leaders and followers -the personality, physical traits, or behaviors of the leader

the personalities of followers

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

when the 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.

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

False

T/F: Being an expert on leadership research is both necessary and sufficient to being a good leader.

False

T/F: Formal study and learning from experience are mutually exclusive and antagonistic.

False

T/F: Most researchers in the field of leadership are in agreement on the basic definition of leadership

False

Which of the following is true? -Leaders are both born and made. -The world is composed of two mutually exclusive types of people, leaders and non-leaders. -Natural talents or characteristics offer only advantages to leaders. -Leadership is either innate or acquired.

Leaders are born and made

Which is not a myth? -Leaders are born, not made. -The only school you learn leadership from is the school of hard knocks. -Leaders develop, whereas managers maintain. -Good leadership is all common sense.

Leaders develop, whereas managers maintain

Laura is jokingly referred to as a Debbie Downer. She is always quick to point out the negative aspects of the organization. What type of follower is Laura?

alienated

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

alienated conformist pragmatist passive exemplary

Compared to a manager, a leader -

challenges the status quo

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 are true about ideal leaders? -They must simply base their actions on calculation and planning or following a checklist. -They should be someone who responds with only logical predictability. -They should use rational techniques and emotional appeals to influence followers. -They must weigh the rational and emotional consequences of their actions.

-They should use rational techniques and emotional appeals to influence followers. -They must weigh the rational and emotional consequences of their actions.

Which of the following explains the shift towards more women leaders?

-leadership roles have changed -women have changed -organizational practices have changed

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 was not a basic issue that emerged among the survivors of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes mountains? A. Dealing with tensions between individual and group goals. B. Keeping hope alive in the face of adversity. C. Identifying a worthy leader. D. Dealing with the different needs and personalities of group members.

C

Which is true of in-groups?

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

Which of the following is a myth? -Leadership and management are closely related, but distinguishable. -Effective leadership is all common sense. -Leadership is often associated with words like risk taking or dynamic. -Management can be associated with words such as planning or paperwork.

Effective leadership is all common sense

Which of the following best describes a leader? Controller Inspirational Administrator Imitator

Inspirational

Examples of emotional leaders

Jim Jones MLK Hitler

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

Which of the following is true of college professors who are considered leaders

They are both born and made

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 a group toward accomplishing its goals

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 others' 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

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

it should change from sense, categorize, and respond --> probe, sense and respond

Which of the following statements is true? -The world is composed of two mutually exclusive types of people, leaders and non-leaders. -Natural talents or characteristics offer only advantages to leaders. -Leaders are both born and made. -Leadership is either innate or acquired.

leaders are both born and made

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

The less one looks like, acts like, dresses like, and talks like other leaders in the organization, the _____.

narrower the band of acceptable behavior