Exam 2: Leadership Ethics and Traits

Which of the following is NOT one of the questions of the four-way test?

Would you predict that a person with a strong agreeableness personality dimension would be a successful computer programmer? Why or why not?

Which of the following is NOT a trait of high conscientiousness?

What are the Big Five dimensions of traits?

Compare the three levels of moral development.

At the conventional level of moral development, which of the following motivate(s) behavior?

Describe the Big Five personality dimensions.

Discuss why the trait of dominance is so important for managers to have.

All of the following affect ethical behavior EXCEPT:

An employee occasionally comes to work late and makes errors. The employee consistently has an excuse as to why it's not his fault for being late and for errors. This behavior is characteristic of which personality trait?

Ethical leadership requires the ability to do the right thing at the risk of rejection and loss.

Compare the three levels of moral development.

Do people change their level of moral development based on the situation?

Dominance is one of the two major traits of the surgency Big Five.

"I was only following orders; my boss told me to inflate the figures" is an example of displacement of responsibility.

Is locus of control important to leaders? Why?

People with strong n Pow tend to seek entrepreneurial type positions and are attuned to power and politics.

What is the primary use of personality profiles?

Which personality traits are more closely related to ethical and unethical behavior?

David McClelland said that needs are based on personality and are developed as we interact with the environment.