Exam 1: The Leaders Light or Shadow

Toxic leaders engage in destructive behaviors and display dysfunctional personal characteristics.

The greater a leader's ______, the greater the potential for abuse.

To avoid contributing to a shadowy environment, followers must deliver ______ and accept responsibility for their actions.

According to the text, ______ is a mixed blessing.

Which one of the descriptions below would not be a description of an unethical leader?

U.S. workers prefer leaders who rely on legitimate power.

______ leaders reach organizational goals while abusing followers.

Impression management can be compared to a performance on a stage.

______ leaders lack the motivation or the ability to sustain effective action.

______ leaders act against the interests of both subordinates and the organization. Laissez-faire leaders engage in passive and indirect negative behavior.

Leaders almost always enjoy greater ______ than followers do.

Hard power uses bonuses, raises, or threats to get people to go along.

Carla liked to deliver praise and bonuses to her employees to motivate them. What kind of power is Carla modeling?

Discuss the challenge of cynicism and what it means to followership.

Employers are also gathering more and more information about employee behavior both on and off the job.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is one example of a/an ______ leader.

Impression management can be used to reach immoral ends.

______ leaders care for the welfare of subordinates at the expense of organizational goals.

Your book discusses some of the common shadows cast by leaders faced with the ethical challenges of leadership. What are the two important questions that arose while identifying these shadows?

______ leaders lack self-control and are enabled by followers who don't want to intervene or can't.