Question 1

What is one difficulty women have in achieving higher-level leadership positions?

Accepted Answer

A) Lack of ability to run their own businesses 
B) Negotiating for valued positions 
C) Using too many communal characteristics 
D) Using too many agentic characteristics 
A) Lack of ability to run their own businesses 
B) Negotiating for valued positions 
C) Using too many communal characteristics 
D) Using too many agentic characteristics

Question 2

What scholar(s)used meta-analysis to research gender and leadership style?

Accepted Answer

A) Eagly and Carli 
B) Heilman 
C) Bowles and McGinn 
D) Powell and Vecchio 
A) Eagly and Carli 
B) Heilman 
C) Bowles and McGinn 
D) Powell and Vecchio

Question 3

Research data suggests the glass ceiling is beginning to crack.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Men were found to be more effective than women

Accepted Answer

A) When in gender neutral leadership roles 
B) When in middle-management positions 
C) In military leadership positions 
D) In masculinized leadership positions 
A) When in gender neutral leadership roles 
B) When in middle-management positions 
C) In military leadership positions 
D) In masculinized leadership positions

Question 5

An alternative to the glass ceiling metaphor and perhaps a more accurate description of the leadership labyrinth is described as

Accepted Answer

A) Women not in the lower-level pipeline 
B) The glass cliff 
C) Difficulty of women to gain leadership positions at all levels of leadership 
D) The glass escalator 
A) Women not in the lower-level pipeline 
B) The glass cliff 
C) Difficulty of women to gain leadership positions at all levels of leadership 
D) The glass escalator

Question 6

Women respond to multiple gender-based leadership stereotypes with reactive behaviors rather than vulnerability behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In what decade did researchers start paying attention to issues of gender and leadership?

Accepted Answer

A) 1960s 
B) 1970s 
C) 1980s 
D) 1990s 
A) 1960s 
B) 1970s 
C) 1980s 
D) 1990s

Question 8

Many of the difficulties women face in navigating the labyrinth stem from

Accepted Answer

A) Male dominance behaviors 
B) The incongruity in gender roles and the leadership role 
C) A lack of education and experience 
D) Women's inability to be successful at upper-leadership roles 
A) Male dominance behaviors 
B) The incongruity in gender roles and the leadership role 
C) A lack of education and experience 
D) Women's inability to be successful at upper-leadership roles

Question 9

What are the two types of responses women have when faced with gender-based leadership stereotypes?

Accepted Answer

A) Engage in emotional communication behaviors 
B) Demonstrate vulnerability by assimilating to the stereotype 
C) Engage in stereotype-countering behaviors 
D) Confidence level in decision making is reduced 
A) Engage in emotional communication behaviors 
B) Demonstrate vulnerability by assimilating to the stereotype 
C) Engage in stereotype-countering behaviors 
D) Confidence level in decision making is reduced

Question 10

Which of the following leadership traits or skills is more likely to belong to men than to women?

Accepted Answer

A) Intelligence 
B) Initiative 
C) Persuasiveness 
D) Authoritative 
A) Intelligence 
B) Initiative 
C) Persuasiveness 
D) Authoritative

Question 11

Developing and promoting women leaders are in the best interest of employers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The bottom line of gender stereotypes for women in leadership roles is

Accepted Answer

A) Women appear more masculine than feminine 
B) Women need to appear masculine,but not too manly 
C) Women need to appear feminine and communal 
D) Women are perceived as less able to complete high-level leadership roles 
A) Women appear more masculine than feminine 
B) Women need to appear masculine,but not too manly 
C) Women need to appear feminine and communal 
D) Women are perceived as less able to complete high-level leadership roles

Question 13

Men have more communal characteristics than women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which statement is true about women and leadership?

Accepted Answer

A) Women are less effective leaders compared with men 
B) Women are not in high level leadership positions 
C) Women are underrepresented in elite leadership positions 
D) Women all lead differently than men 
A) Women are less effective leaders compared with men 
B) Women are not in high level leadership positions 
C) Women are underrepresented in elite leadership positions 
D) Women all lead differently than men

Question 15

A strength of studying the research on gender and leadership is

Accepted Answer

A) The inequity in gender pay is a significant factor keeping women from elite leadership roles 
B) Contemporary notions of effective leadership styles is now more feminine 
C) Contemporary notions of effective leadership styles is now more androgynous 
D) The inequity in female-owned private businesses clearly impacts the gender leadership gap 
A) The inequity in gender pay is a significant factor keeping women from elite leadership roles 
B) Contemporary notions of effective leadership styles is now more feminine 
C) Contemporary notions of effective leadership styles is now more androgynous 
D) The inequity in female-owned private businesses clearly impacts the gender leadership gap

Question 16

Which statement describes the pipeline of women in the workforce?

Accepted Answer

A) Women lack the training and human capital that prepares them for upper management 
B) Men have better training and human capital than women,which prepares them for upper management 
C) Women have the training and human capital that prepares them for upper management 
D) Training and human capital is not an issue with the leadership labyrinth 
A) Women lack the training and human capital that prepares them for upper management 
B) Men have better training and human capital than women,which prepares them for upper management 
C) Women have the training and human capital that prepares them for upper management 
D) Training and human capital is not an issue with the leadership labyrinth

Question 17

Due to researchers identifying problems with the term glass ceiling,an alternative metaphor now used is

Accepted Answer

A) Glass escalator. 
B) Leadership labyrinth. 
C) Whirlpool effect. 
D) Corporate cupboard. 
A) Glass escalator. 
B) Leadership labyrinth. 
C) Whirlpool effect. 
D) Corporate cupboard.

Question 18

Women earn more

Accepted Answer

A) Masters degrees than men 
B) Bachelors degrees than men 
C) Law degrees than men 
D) Money in mid-management than men 
A) Masters degrees than men 
B) Bachelors degrees than men 
C) Law degrees than men 
D) Money in mid-management than men

Question 19

Research on gender and leadership has been conducted primarily in

Accepted Answer

A) Western contexts 
B) The United States of America 
C) Eastern European contexts 
D) Southeast Asian contexts 
A) Western contexts 
B) The United States of America 
C) Eastern European contexts 
D) Southeast Asian contexts

Question 20

Developmental experiences that help people achieve top leadership positions include

Accepted Answer

A) Male bonding opportunities 
B) Nepotism 
C) Inclusion in key networks 
D) Effective mentoring relationships 
A) Male bonding opportunities 
B) Nepotism 
C) Inclusion in key networks 
D) Effective mentoring relationships

What is one difficulty women have in achieving higher-level leadership positions?

What scholar(s)used meta-analysis to research gender and leadership style?

Research data suggests the glass ceiling is beginning to crack.

Men were found to be more effective than women

An alternative to the glass ceiling metaphor and perhaps a more accurate description of the leadership labyrinth is described as

Women respond to multiple gender-based leadership stereotypes with reactive behaviors rather than vulnerability behaviors.

In what decade did researchers start paying attention to issues of gender and leadership?

Many of the difficulties women face in navigating the labyrinth stem from

What are the two types of responses women have when faced with gender-based leadership stereotypes?

Which of the following leadership traits or skills is more likely to belong to men than to women?

Developing and promoting women leaders are in the best interest of employers.

The bottom line of gender stereotypes for women in leadership roles is

Men have more communal characteristics than women.

Which statement is true about women and leadership?

A strength of studying the research on gender and leadership is

Which statement describes the pipeline of women in the workforce?

Due to researchers identifying problems with the term glass ceiling,an alternative metaphor now used is

Women earn more

Research on gender and leadership has been conducted primarily in

Developmental experiences that help people achieve top leadership positions include

Introduction

Trait Approach

Skills Approach

Behavioral Approach

Situational Approach

Pathgoal Theory

Leadermember Exchange Theory

Transformational Leadership

Authentic Leadership

Servant Leadership

Adaptive Leadership

Psychodynamic Approach

Leadership Ethics

Team Leadership

Culture and Leadership

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Exam 15: Gender and Leadership

What is one difficulty women have in achieving higher-level leadership positions?

What scholar(s)used meta-analysis to research gender and leadership style?

Research data suggests the glass ceiling is beginning to crack.

Men were found to be more effective than women

An alternative to the glass ceiling metaphor and perhaps a more accurate description of the leadership labyrinth is described as

Women respond to multiple gender-based leadership stereotypes with reactive behaviors rather than vulnerability behaviors.

In what decade did researchers start paying attention to issues of gender and leadership?

Many of the difficulties women face in navigating the labyrinth stem from

What are the two types of responses women have when faced with gender-based leadership stereotypes?

Which of the following leadership traits or skills is more likely to belong to men than to women?

Developing and promoting women leaders are in the best interest of employers.

The bottom line of gender stereotypes for women in leadership roles is

Men have more communal characteristics than women.

Which statement is true about women and leadership?

A strength of studying the research on gender and leadership is

Which statement describes the pipeline of women in the workforce?

Due to researchers identifying problems with the term glass ceiling,an alternative metaphor now used is

Women earn more

Research on gender and leadership has been conducted primarily in

Developmental experiences that help people achieve top leadership positions include

Introduction

Trait Approach

Skills Approach

Behavioral Approach

Situational Approach

Pathgoal Theory

Leadermember Exchange Theory

Transformational Leadership

Authentic Leadership

Servant Leadership

Adaptive Leadership

Psychodynamic Approach

Leadership Ethics

Team Leadership

Culture and Leadership

Filters