Exam 2: Leadership Ethics and Traits

Effective leaders have a higher need for affiliation than power.

Can ethics be taught and learned?

The ____ personality dimension includes traits related to self-control and how well one remains under pressure.

Achievement Motivation Theory attempts to explain and predict behavior and performance based on one's need for power, affiliation, and recognition.

People with Theory X attitudes hold that employees like to work and do not need to be closely supervised in order to do their work.

If the leader typically is bossy, pushy, and impatient; does much criticizing with little praising; and is very autocratic, the leader is displaying a:

Attitudes help to explain and predict job performance.

The ability to do the right thing at the risk of rejection and loss is considered:

Which of the following professions would be a likely choice for a person with high n Aff?

Is locus of control important to leaders? Why?

Our ethical behavior is related to our individual needs and personality traits.

Moral development refers to understanding right from wrong and choosing to do the right thing.

Which of the following statements regarding personality is true?

Explain the universality of traits of effective leaders.

Make an intelligent guess about your present or past manager's motive profile. Is it an LMP? Explain.

____ refers to the positive or negative attitudes people have about themselves.

Why do people justify their unethical behavior?

To be more effective, psychologists recommend that we change our personality, not just our behavior.

"If you want something done right, do it yourself" is an example of ____ attitudes.

Self-efficacy is the belief in your own capability to perform in a specific situation.