1) Which characteristic of negative charismatic leadership is more likely to lead to failure?
· Identification to the organization
· Focus on personal power
· Tendency to make risky decisions
· Centralized decision making
2) The leadership process that describes how a group operates in an open system with other groups is called
· inter-active process
· organizational process
· intra-individual process
· group process
3) A contingency theory of leadership that depends on specific procedures for leader behaviors and has strong support is
· LPC contingency model
· cognitive resource theory
· multiple-linkage model theory
· normative decision theory
4) A theory that emphasizes leader traits and skills as determinants of leadership behavior is best categorized at what level?
· Individual
· Organizational
· Group
· Dyadic
5) A theory that explains the most effective pattern of leadership behavior in a specified situation is best classified as
· prescriptive
· contingency
· universal
· descriptive
6) Distant charismatics are often described in terms of their effect on follower
· task behavior
· identification with the leader
· motivation
· political attitudes
7) Most of the leadership theory and research explaining the actions of leaders and why those actions occurred has described
· descriptive leadership
· ethical leadership
· universal leadership
· prescriptive leadership
8) Ideological leaders will develop when the leader
· appeals to shared values
· has particular expertise
· appeals to emotion
· makes a rational appeal to followers
9) What level of leadership process is emphasized in most theories of effective leadership?
· Dyadic
· Organizational
· Intra-individual
· Group
10) CEOs who exhibit charismatic characteristics were noted to
· generate more sales
· increase company profitability
· negotiate higher compensation packages
· make company ads
11) Which of the following is a characteristic of a positive charismatic?
· Centralized decision making by the leader
· Dependency on the leader
· Devotion to ideology not personal identification
· Information is restricted
12) One unique characteristic of followers in leadership theory is
· confidence and optimism
· traits
· task commitment and effort
· skills and expertise
13) Contingency theories may be difficult to implement because
· situational changes happen infrequently
· managers have time to evaluate situations
· of the rapid pace of business
· there is always a single best solution
14) Transformational behavior can include
· passive management by exception
· inspirational motivation
· contingent rewards
· active management by exception
15) Effective transformational leaders
· use a combination of transformational and transactional behaviors
· challenge strongly held values of followers to get their attention
· delegate most decisions to individuals or self-managed teams
· select subordinates who will be loyal and uncritical
16) A leadership contingency theory that stresses the intelligence and experience of the leader is
· situational leadership theory
· normative decision theory
· leadership substitutes theory
· cognitive resource theory
17) Which statement comparing transformational and charismatic leadership is most accurate?
· Leader articulation of an appealing vision is important in both theories.
· There are no important differences between the two types of leadership.
· Situational variables are less important for charismatic leadership
· Personal identification is more important in transformational leadership.
18) Which statement about transformational and charismatic leadership is most accurate?
· Both types of leadership involve the same underlying processes
· Charisma is a necessary ingredient in transformational leadership
· Both types of leadership are effective in any situation
· Charismatic leaders are more effective in business organizations
19) Charismatic leaders add followers by
· sharing the decision making
· considering other solutions
· appealing to emotions and articulating a vision
· possessing specific expertise
20) The concept that some people are natural (born) leaders is an attribute of which leadership approach?
· Trait approach
· Power-influence approach
· Behavior approach
· Situation approach
21) A contingency theory that contains mediating variables is
· multiple-linkage model
· situational leadership theory
· leadership substitutes theory
· cognitive resource theory
22) Most leadership theories emphasize
· follower characteristics
· leader characteristics
· both leader and follower characteristics
· characteristics of the leadership situation