Exam 12: Leadership in Organizational Settings

Which leadership theory explicitly argues that people have a preferred leadership style based on their personality,so organizations should move leaders into situations that fit their preferred style?

Which of the following would be a leadership substitute?

The concept of transactional leadership is plagued with a confusing and sometimes conflicting array of definitions and measures.

Which of these statements about servant leadership is FALSE?

Servant leaders do not view leadership as a position of power.

According to the behavioural perspective of leadership,reducing of task-oriented leadership results in higher employee performance and better team dynamics.

Which of the following is an example of the effect of culture on leadership?

According to the leadership substitutes theory,characteristics of the employee,task,or organization limit the leader's influence or make it unnecessary.

One problem with the competency perspective of leadership is that:

Telling,selling,participating,and delegating represent the four leadership styles identified in:

Which of these statements about gender and leadership is FALSE?

People tend to evaluate female leaders slightly less favourably than male leaders because:

Leadership is the ability to influence,motivate,and enable others to contribute to organizational effectiveness.

Managerial leadership involves:

The concept of leadership prototypes is a main part in which leadership theory?

Self-concept,integrity,knowledge of the business,and emotional intelligence are important leadership competencies.

Fiedler's contingency model of leadership has made an important and lasting contribution to the study of leadership because it:

What is the relevance of emotional intelligence in leadership?

'Walking the talk' refers to which of the following?

Several large-scale studies have identified integrity and honesty as the most important leadership characteristics of effective leaders.