Hrob 2010 Quiz Flashcards
Which type of power have people used in recent years to level the playing field among leaders and followers?
Information
Information power is ______
Derived from possessing knowledge that others want or need
Which of the following is a principle for asserting leader influence?
Relying on the rule of reciprocity
___, a follower response to the use of power, means that people will obey orders and carry out instruction even though they may not like it
Compliance
People in the organization like me because I know what I am doing and share knowledge with followers. I have ___
Personal power
The faculty member on your study abroad trip to Costa Rica has traveled there many times and is quite knowledgeable about the country and places you visited. She gave you guidance about the country, local culture, and safety issues which you were interning with local farmers. The faculty member was using ___
Expert power
Which of the following bases of power is considered personal power?
Referent power
To coerce means to ___
Influence others to do something against their will
You and your coworker are struggling to learn a new software program at work, and you are on a tight deadline to get a report to a major client when your boss decided to step in. Which of the following uses of power by your boss would run counter to the common goals at work?
Announcing that anyone who is not proficient by Friday will be replaced.
You are told you need to work weekends. Your supervisor gives you a pay raise in return what type of power is your supervisor using?
Reward power
Hofstede’s five dimensions on which culture differs include all of the following expect ___
Performance orientation
The existence of different cultures or ethnicities within a group or organization is the definition of:
Diversity
A required characteristic of the institutional collectivism cultural dimension is __
Group cohesion and loyalty
The extent to which people are devoted to their organizations and families is __
In-group collectivism
The cultural dimension defined as the degree to which an organization encourages institutional or societal collective action is __
Institutional collectivism
The assertiveness dimension of culture in the GLOBE studies is described as __
The degree to which people in the culture are determined and confrontational
Our team leader asks us about our needs, is generous with his time, and considerate of our personal and professional goals. Which of the global leadership behaviours is our leader using?
Humane oriented
Employers learn what is valued most in a company by watching what attitudes and behaviours their leaders pay attention to and reward. (T/F)
True
Ethical egoism is concerned with doing the greatest good for the greatest number (T/F)
False
Heifetz, Burns, and Greenleaf all believe that the leader-follower relationship is central to ethical leadership (T/F)
True
A servant leader should strive to remove inequalities and social injustices (T/F)
True
Transformational leadership’s view of ethics is really the same a that of the other approaches to leadership (T/F)
False
Deontological theory focuses primarily on the consequences (ends or purposes) of an individual’s actions (T/F)
False
The ethics theory that is high in self-interest and low in concern for others is:
Ethical egoism
Ethic theories that are driven from the viewpoint of the leader’s character are called
Virtue-based theories
What is not a factor that is used in measuring servant leadership?
Time of service
All of the following are ways ethical leaders build community except by
Keeping social collectives exclusive
The ethics theory that is low in self-interest and high in concern for others is
Altruism
Benchmarking what to look for if you wan to be a leader is about ___
Helping individuals understand their own traits and decide if these are leadership traits
People want to be able to identify leaders as those who are leading the way in our society. This is an example of what strength of the approach?
Intuitive appeal
According to the trait approach, which organization will be most successful?
One in which who put into managerial positions have leadership traits
A leader who is assured and dominant in her manner is expressing __
Self-confidence
Which characteristic is an example of character strength?
Self-control
Katz’s research on leadership skills emerged during a time when __
There was still disagreement about leader traits in literature
A leader’s ability to transfer training skills to the job can potentially be hindered by ___
Organizational culture or organizational situations
What best explains the comparison of the skills approach to sports such as golf and tennis?
People can improve their skills through practice and instruction
The abilities that help a leader to work effectively with subordinates, peers, and superiors to accomplish the organizational goal are called __
Human skills
Based on the skills approach, how would you define leadership skills?
The knowledge and competencies necessary to accomplish goals
