emotions & leadership pitfalls

Question 1

What does the perceived emotional sincerity of a leader influence?

Answer 1

the leaders integrity and the relationship quality with the follower (which influences trust, which influences performance)

Question 2

A leader that is in control and in balance of their emotions is perceived as more:

Answer 2

effective

Question 3

3 ways in which a person’s emotions influence your emotions

Answer 3

1. conscious cognitive proces (try to experience the situation of the other)
2. (un)conditioned emotional response
3. mimicricy

Question 4

circumplex model of affect

Answer 4

followers make the same level of activation in their emotional response

Question 5

What tone is best for perceived effectiveness of a leader?

Answer 5

a neutral tone

Question 6

Is it more accepted to be sad or angry for a female leader?

Answer 6

it is more accepted to be sad

Question 7

Is it more accepted to be sad or angry for a male leader?

Answer 7

angry

Question 8

A neutral tone is rated almost the same as an angry tone for men

Answer 8

true

Question 9

What kind of activation does anger generate?

Answer 9

More negative activation and less low activation

Question 10

What kind of activation does sadness generate?

Answer 10

more low activation and less positive activation

Question 11

What does the effect of a leader’s emotions on a subordinate depend on?

Answer 11

on the subordinate’s motivation to process information

Question 12

high epistemic motivation

Answer 12

willingness to think deep, wanting detailed information

Question 13

2 ways in which a leader’s emotions can affect the follower

Answer 13

1. cognitive way (information processing = high epistemic motivation)
2. emotional way (affective motivation = low epistemic motivation)

Question 14

Angry bos + high epistemic motivation =

Answer 14

better performance (I need to work harder)

Question 15

Angry boss + low epistemic motivation =

Answer 15

performance goes down (I don’t like my boss, I don’t want to work hard)

Question 16

Happy boss + high epistemic motivation =

Answer 16

performance goes down (I’m working hard enough, no need to perform better)

Question 17

Happy boss + low epistemic motivation =

Answer 17

better performance (I like my boss, I want to work harder)

Question 18

What can be said about sexual perception and powerful people?

Answer 18

• they think more about sex
• they have higher expectations of sexual interest in them by the subordinate (if the subordinate is single)
• they show more sexually tinged behavior (flirting etc.)

Question 19

Why are powerful people more likely to hold negative views of the subordinate (3 explanations)

Answer 19

1. metamorphic effects
2. system justification theory
3. Social dominance orientation

Question 20

Metamorphic effects of power

Answer 20

feeling like you deserve credits for actions of subordinates

Question 21

system justification theory

Answer 21

feeling like you deserve to be on top

Question 22

depressed entitlement effect

Answer 22

opposite of system justification theory, people with low power feel like they deserve to be low in the hierarchy

Question 23

if you are a leader with unstable power you perceive subordinates more positive

Answer 23

no, you perceive subordinates more negative

Question 24

Leaders with unstable power react most negative to subordinates of which….

Answer 24

they have been given negative expectancies

Question 25

leader with unstable position + negative expectancies gave ….. money to subordinate

Answer 25

less

Question 26

who gives their leader the most money?

Answer 26

subordinate with boss in unstable position + negative expecatations

Question 27

Who is the most anxious boss?

Answer 27

boss with unstable position + positive expectations about subordinate

Question 28

What does lack of perceived personal competence do to how you react?

Answer 28

It makes you react more aggressively because you feel more threatened

Question 29

Self-perceived competence

Answer 29

perceptions of one’s own personal ability to skillfully interact with the environment

Question 30

Who is the most aggressive boss?

Answer 30

• A boss who feels powerful but also feels incompetent

- A boss with high power but low status

Question 31

What decreases the aggressiveness of a boss that feels incompetent?

Answer 31

A self-worth boost

Question 32

Difference between power and status

Answer 32

Power is more formal, it is about what you can or cannot do. Status is more informal, it is about respect and admiration that you get from others.

Question 33

What is the Queen Bee phenomenon?

Answer 33

The fact that solo women who have been successful in male-dominated organizations tend to behave in ways that hinder rather than help the advancement of other women?

Question 34

Why is the Queen Bee phenomenon happening?

Answer 34

Because the successful women do not identify with the female employees anymore because they are trained for so long to fit in the male-dominated organization

Question 35

Which way is the most common way that another person’s emotions influence us?

Answer 35

Through conscious cognitive processing