1. Anne is a project leader in a newly founded company. The CEO is working out the long-term plans and has asked Anne to communicate work expectations to members of her team. The CEO is ____________; and Anne is ______________.

a. showing care for employees; performing her job as required.

b. creating a vision and mandate for the company; engaging in standard practices.

c. focusing on finding more customers; planning the task execution.

d. developing policies; developing procedures.

e. using legitimate power; showing compliance and commitment.

2. Before a new department head was replaced, staff members indicated that they wanted a leader who would focus on minimizing employee concerns while focusing on increasing the efficiency of operations. Based on behavioural theories, they want the new leader to display ________ leadership.

a. coercive

b. production-oriented

c. initiating-structure

d. empowering

e. team

3. Every time his staff comes out of a department meeting with him, they feel energized by the powerful imagery Jacques uses to describe his vision for the organization. Jacques is likely a(n) ________ leader.

a. transactional.

b. employee-oriented.

c. visionary.

d. transformational.

e. superior.

4. Leaders ________ the vision, while managers ________ the vision.

a. internalize; support.

b. standardize; administrate.

c. administer; create.

d. create; administer.

e. manage; supervise.

5. Leadership research indicates that trait theories

a. fail to clarify the relative importance of various traits.

b. closely follow the needs of followers.

c. are the most accurate of leadership theories.

d. consistently and strongly predict leadership success.

e. have not been able to isolate leadership traits that will predict leadership capabilities.

6. Maxwell is a leader who inspires his followers to go beyond their own self-interests for the good of the organization and is capable of having a profound effect on them. Maxwell is a

a. transcendent leader.

b. transformational leader.

c. transactional leader.

d. charismatic leader.

e. inspirational leader.

7. One of the conclusions that can be drawn from the research on leadership is that ________ predict leadership emergence better than they predict leadership effectiveness.

a. behaviours.

b. intelligence.

c. emotions.

d. traits.

e. outcomes.

8. Situational or contingency theories of leadership consider

a. the leaders ability to empower people.

b. the leaders legitimate power position.

c. the quality of leader-member relations.

d. the leaders personality characteristics.

e. the leaders day to day management skills.

9. Studies support the ________ trait as being the most important trait for effectiveness as a leader.

a. extraversion.

b. emotional stability.

c. agreeableness.

d. conscientiousness.

e. openness to experience.