Exam 2: Leadership Ethics and Traits

If the leader typically is afraid to make decisions, is unassertive, and is self-blaming when things go wrong, the leader is displaying a:

Effective leaders use personalized power.

Personality profiles are used to categorize people as a means of predicting job success.

Does sensitivity to others mean that the leader does what the followers want to do?

The manager of an engineering consulting firm is extraverted and gets along well with others. In addition, she has managed multiple projects at a time, often under stressful circumstances, but she has still maintained her equanimity, and seen projects through to completion "with a firm hand." This manager is displaying:

The common leadership style at the conventional level of moral development tends to be visionary.

Researchers agree on the personality traits that leaders have.

Select a present or past manager. For that person, decide which of the following traits is or was strongest and weakest: dominance, high energy, self-confidence, internal locus of control, and stability. Explain your answers.

Managers with Theory X attitudes tend to display more coercive, autocratic leadership styles using internal motivation and rewards.

Leaders at the postconventional level of moral development tend to:

Give an example of when a person (parent, friend, teacher, coach, manager) really expected you either to perform well or to fail, and treated you like you would, which resulted in your success or failure.

Give at least two organizational examples of unethical behavior and the process of justification.

An organization wants its employees to be able to handle their day-to-day challenges without having to go to the managers for the answers. This behavior that they want employees to improve in is characteristic of which personality trait?

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

People with strong n Ach tend to have all of the following EXCEPT:

Identify similarities and differences among Theory X and Theory Y, the Pygmalion effect, and self-concept.

How do attitudes develop leadership styles?

An employee comes to department meetings and consistently gives suggestions, volunteers to complete new tasks for the group, presents new ideas but is very open to others, and is willing to challenge others' ideas. This behavior is characteristic of which personality trait?

People with an external locus of control, rather than an internal locus of control, are more likely to use unethical behavior.

Select a present or past manager, and describe his or her personality profile using each of the Big Five dimensions. After rating each dimension as strong, moderate, or weak, give an example of traits and typical behavior of the manager for each dimension. Which dimensions are strongest and weakest?