Exam 2: Leadership Ethics and Traits

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:

High energy is best categorized as the conscientiousness dimension of the Big Five.

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

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

At the postconventional level of moral development, it is common for lower-level managers to use a leadership style similar to those of higher-level managers.

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?

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?

Explain the stakeholder approach to ethics.

What are some of the traits that describe the high-energy trait?

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

Managers with Theory X attitudes tend to:

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.

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

Emotional intelligence is related to which of the following Big Five personality dimensions?

"We all take office supplies home" is an example of:

You have been orienting and training new employees in your department. You have decided that you will delegate this task to one of your employees. You should give strong consideration to selecting a person to do this job with a high need for which of the following?

____ is dependent on the other three EI approaches.

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

Which of the following statements regarding emotional intelligence (EI) is TRUE?

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