Wk 1 - Practice: Ch. 1, What Do We Mean by Leadership?

A review of the 2019 S&P 500 list by the nonprofit organization Catalyst has reported that only ____ percent of CEOs in the United States were women.

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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 leader is most likely to gain the respect of followers?

An individual whose followers have participated in the selection of the leader.

Which of the following is a myth?

Effective leadership is all common sense.

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

Exemplary Passive Alienated

Most researchers in the field of leadership are in agreement on the basic definition of leadership.

False

True or false: Formal study and learning from experience are mutually exclusive and antagonistic.

False

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.

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

Fred Fiedler

Which of the following does not help explain the shift towards more women leaders?

Geography has changed.

Which of the following is not a myth?

Leaders develop, whereas managers maintain.

Which of the following statement is true of the leadership skill?

Leadership can be both innate and acquired.

Identify a true statement about the rational and emotional aspects of leadership.

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

Management is often associated with which of the following terms?

Planning

Which type of follower is likely to be a mediocre performer who is rarely committed to the group's work goals?

Pragmatist

Which of the following were the findings of a classic study of sex roles by Schein?

There is a high correlation between the ways both male and female respondents perceived "males" and "managers." There is no correlation between the ways the respondents perceived "females" and "managers."

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

They are both born and made.

Which of the following are true about ideal leaders?

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

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

True

True or false: Leadership includes something happening as an outcome of the interaction between a leader and followers.

True

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

All of the following terms are often associated with leadership except

control

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

Fred Fiedler's contingency model of the leadership process included all of the following except

strategy