Trait Leadership

Question 1

Who challenged the universality of leadership traits ?

Answer 1

Stogdill 1948

Question 2

Trait approach earns new interest through current interest in what two characteristics ?

Answer 2

1. Visionary

2. charismatic leadership

Question 3

Stogdill identified eight traits that the average person is different in than a average person in a leadership role :

Answer 3

1. Intelligence
2. Alertness
3. Insight
4. Responsibility
5. Initiative
6. Persistence
7. Self confidence
8. Sociability

Question 4

Stogdills first survey implies leadership is determined principally by situational factors the second talks about both traits and :

Answer 4

Situational factors.- and the second survey validated the original trait idea that a leaders characteristics are
Indeed a part of leadership.

Question 5

Stockdale second Surrey identified 10 characteristics:

Answer 5

1.Drive for responsibility and task completion
2. Vigir and persistence in pursuit of goals
3risk taking and originality in problem solving
4 drive to exercise initiative in social situations
5, self confidence and sense of personal identity
6. Willingness to accept consequences of decision and action
7. Ready to absorb intrapersonal stress
8. Ability to influence other people’s behavior
9. Willingness to tolerate frustration and delay
10. Capacity to structure social interaction systems to the purpose at hand

Question 6

Mann 1969 also identified six traits as well

Answer 6

1. Intelligence
2. Masculinity
3. Adjustment
4. Dominance
5. Extroversion
6. Conservatism

Question 7

In the 1990s Researchers began to investigate leadership traits associated with social intelligence

Answer 7

Social intelligence is characterized Billies to understand one’s own and others’ feelings behaviors thoughts and to act appropriately

Question 8

Major leadership traits

Answer 8

Intelligence 
Self-confidence
 determination 
integrity 
 sociability

Question 9

What are the big five personality factors ?

Answer 9

Extraversion
Conscientiousness
Open ness
Low neurotism
Last agreeableness

Question 10

This approach is One of the first systematic attempts to study leadership believed that people were born w leadership qualities and that only great popes possessed them.

Answer 10

Trait approach