Exam 2: Leadership Ethics and Traits

Explain how your need for achievement, power, and/or affiliation has affected your behavior and performance, or that of someone you work with or have worked with. Give an example of the behavior and performance, and list your predicted motive need.

As a leader, you know that your expectations and treatment of your employees influence and can predict how they will behave, how they will perform. This indicates that you know about ____.

A manager from a prestigious university believed that employees who were from "lesser schools" lacked sufficient intelligence and motivation for the high-tech firm that she led. She set goals for these employees low, and did not trust them with certain important tasks or company information. The employees, in fact, tended to show dissatisfaction and low performance. At length, many of them quit. This would be an example of:

As related to the simple guide to ethical behavior, how do you want to be led?

Explain the stakeholder approach to ethics.

People with strong n Ach want to take responsibility for solving problems and are high risk-takers.

Should a leader have a dominant need for achievement to be successful? Why or why not?

Select a present or past manager. For that person, decide which of the following traits is or was strongest and weakest: integrity, intelligence, flexibility, and sensitivity to others. Explain your answers.

Which of the following is NOT a way to find courage?

Which justification do you think is used most often?

Personality is developed solely based on genetics.

An employee has come to the manager with a complaint. The manager is listening carefully showing concern and support for the employee. This behavior is characteristic of which of the Big Five personality dimensions?

Which of the following is NOT a trait of an effective leader?

Emotional intelligence includes all of the following EXCEPT:

What is the primary use of personality profiles?

When people use unethical behavior, it is often due to some type of character flaw.

People with a high n Aff also tend to have a high n Pow.

The process of blaming one's unethical behavior on others is known as:

You are starting a task force to solve a problem. You have selected the team members and are deciding on which person to place in the role of chair to run the group. You should give strong consideration to selecting a chairperson with a high need for which of the following?

Describe the components of emotional intelligence.