Chapter Quiz

This activity contains 21 questions.

Which element can be found in most definitions of leadership?

Control Power Influence Management

There is considerable controversy over the different elements that need to be included in the definition of leadership. Which element would be concerned with whether the followers exhibited enthusiastic commitment as compared to indifferent compliance or reluctant obedience?
Type of influence process Specialized role or shared influence process Purpose of influence attempts Influence based on reason or emotions

Which situation provides an example of direct leadership?

Ability to influence formal training programs Ability to influence organizational culture Ability to negotiate formal relationships with another organization Ability to influence subordinates behavior

Which statement would be most consistent with Bennis and Nanus's perceptions of how leadership and management are related?
You have to be a good manager to be a good leader You have to be a good leader to be a good manager

Good managers are good leaders Management and leadership are mutually exclusive

In the causal chain of effects from two types of leader behavior, training and coaching would have a direct effect on?
Follower effort Follower skill Quality and production Unit profits

Which variable would be considered a characteristic of the situation?

Position power and authority Confidence and optimism Satisfaction with leader and job Attributions about the leader

Which approach to studying leadership emphasizes the importance of contextual factors that influence leadership processes?
Behavior approach Power-Influence Approach Situational Approach Integrative Approach

Which level of conceptualization focuses on the relationship between a leader and another individual who is usually a follower?
Intra-individual processes

Dyadic processes Group processes Organizational processes

A theory that specifies what leaders must do to become effective would most likely be considered:
prescriptive. descriptive. universal. contingency.

A leadership theory that describes aspects of leadership that apply to all situations would most likely be described as
prescriptive. descriptive. universal. contingency.

Scientific research on leadership began as early as the 1600s.

True False

Control over formal programs, management systems and structural forms are all types of direct leadership.

True False

Zaleznik would argue that leadership and management are very different and mutually exclusive.

True False

The trait theory for leadership was developed as an extension of the behavior approach.

True False

The integrative approach involves more than one type of leadership variable.

True False

The dyadic approach to conceptualizing leadership focuses on the relationship between a leader and another individual who is usually a follower.

True False

Descriptive theories specify what leaders must do to be effective.

True False

A leadership behavior that can be effectively used in all situations would be part of a universal theory.

True False

How a leader interprets information about a subordinate is a research question that is typically addressed at the group level of conceptualization.

True False

Leadership traits and skills are assumed to have a direct effect on performance outcomes.

True False

Explain why you feel that there are "almost as many definitions of leadership as there are persons who have attempted to define the concept." (Stogdill, 1974).

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