Leadership Exam 2

Ends-based thinking is often characterized as

"do what's best for the greatest number of people."

In the context of the four types of leader behavior in the path-goal theory, which of the following is most likely a characteristic of achievement-oriented leadership?

Leaders support follower behaviors by exhibiting a high degree of confidence so that subordinates can put forth the necessary effort.

Which of the following statements about high-LPC leaders is most likely true?

They are primarily satisfied by establishing and maintaining close interpersonal relationships.

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

Vision, empathy, consistency, and integrity

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

The Leadership Grid profiles leader behavior on two dimensions, which are

concern for people and concern for production

Which of the following terms refers to how friendly and supportive a leader is toward subordinates?

consideration

The normative decision model is limited only to

decision making

In the context of the Situational Leadership model, which of the following is a relationship behavior?

explaining why a task is important

According to Goleman's conceptualization of emotional intelligence (EQ), the "change catalyst" attribute most likely corresponds to the _____ dimension of the OCEAN model.

extraversion

Which two broad categories of leader behaviors did the Situational Leadership model originally identify?

initiating structure and consideration

Building social capital

is the leadership competency of developing and maintaining relationships that allow people to work together

The _____ states that if one simply works hard and achieves superior results, then good things will happen.

just world hypothesis

Values are most likely

learned through the socialization process

Which of the following best describes ethics? a. Appreciation of Law b. Principle of right conduct c. Sense of organizational purpose d. Modes of intrapersonal behavior

principle of right conduct

Which of the following is an approach, developed and popularized by Covey, which postulates a fundamental interdependence between the personal, the interpersonal, the managerial, and the organizational levels of leadership?

principle-centered leadership

Unlike leaders who score low in conscientiousness, those who score high in conscientiousness

rarely get into trouble

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

tactical

According to the situational leadership model, which of the following behaviors is a task behavior?

telling

Which of the following instruments does Fiedler's contingency theory use to determine the relevant characteristics of a leader?

the least preferred co worker scale

An authentic leader will most likely

have a realistic self-perception

What should leaders first assess in order to apply the Situational Leadership model?

the readiness level of a follower relative to the task to be accomplished

In terms of the path-goal theory, which of the following is considered a situational factor?

the task

Leadership behavior enacted by individuals who take action to maintain ethical standards in the face of questionable moral behaviors by higher-ups is referred to as

upward ethical leadership

Leaders who pull people together on the basis of shared beliefs and a common sense of organizational purpose and belonging are most likely the ones

who create a compelling vision

In the context of the contingency model, which of the following is the most powerful element of situational favorability?

leader-member relation

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

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

moral justification

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 leadership questionnaires measured the extent to which leaders in industrial settings exhibited consideration and initiating structure behaviors?

the Supervisory Behavior Description Questionnaire (SBDQ)