QUESTION Which regulating distress behavior maintains that it is the leader’s responsibility to manage the rate of adaptive change for people? a. Providing direction b. Conflict management c. Protection d. Orientation ANSWER: C
QUESTION Why is it proposed that women using transformational leadership is beneficial to women aspiring to high-level leadership roles? a. Transformational leadership includes contingent reward, which women use often b. Transformational leadership is similar to servant leadership, which is highly valued by followers c. Transformational leadership is motivational and keeps women leaders motivated to achieve […]
QUESTION For task characteristics that are ambiguous, how many possible leader behaviors might be used? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 ANSWER: C
QUESTION I provided a solution to a challenging problem that just made things worse. What did I do wrong according to adaptive leadership principles? a. I tried to take over the situation b. I tried to solve an adaptive problem using technical leadership c. I tried to solve a technical problem with adaptive leadership d. […]
QUESTION Criticisms of transformational leadership are that it is elitist and antidemocratic, and it suffers from heroic leadership bias. a. True b. False ANSWER: TRUE
QUESTION I am doing a task I find very boring and unchallenging. Which leadership style would help me the most? a. Directive behaviors b. Participative behaviors c. Supportive behaviors d. Achievement behaviors ANSWER: C
QUESTION Bass and Avolio suggest that transformational leadership cannot be taught since it results from innate leadership characteristics. a. True b. False ANSWER: FALSE
QUESTION When we create a holding environment for employees we are using which adaptive leader behavior? a. Identify adaptive challenges b. Get on the balcony c. Protect leadership voices from below d. Regulate distress ANSWER: D
QUESTION I am doing a task that is really difficult to understand, and I want to clarify the task and work out the details myself. Which leadership style would help me the most? a. Directive behaviors b. Participative behaviors c. Supportive behaviors d. Achievement behaviors ANSWER: B
QUESTION A strength of studying the research on gender and leadership is 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 […]