Chapter 1 Quizlet

PASSING GRADES QUIZLET

Coercive leadership:
A. Is forcing followers to engage in extreme behaviors.
B. Is using the influence relationship to affect change.
C. Is supporting ethical behavior amongst team members.
D. Is not allowing a player to play in competition because he or she was late to practice.

A. Is forcing followers to engage in extreme behaviors.

The following is not one of the classifications for a definition of leadership:
A. A behavior
B. The focus of group process
C. An instrument of goal achievement
D. An artistic process
E. A personality trait

D. An artistic process

Differences between management and leadership include:
A. Leaders are emotionally involved, whereas managers have low emotional involvement
B. Managers shape ideas, whereas leaders are reactive in solving problems
C. Leaders are unidirectional influences, whereas managers are multidirectional influences.
D. Leaders are controlling, whereas managers are motivating.

A. Leaders are emotionally involved, whereas managers have low emotional involvement.

Jeffrey is the chief financial officer of an established marketing firm. He recently learned that the company is going to try to merge with a new firm. He shares this potential merger with only a few of his mid-level managers he trusts. Jeffrey has:
A. Personal and information power
B. Information and legitimate power
C. Information and referent power
D. Reward and referent power

B. Information and legitimate power

The “Great Man/Person? trait definition of leadership”
A. Can be learned
B. Is about the interaction between leaders and followers
C. Is restricted to those with inborn talent, qualities or characteristics
D. Is about developing leadership skills

C. Is restricted to those with inborn talent, qualities or characteristics

In which way will leadership and power be approached in upcoming chapters?
A. As a positional power.
B. From the perspective of the follower.
C. As a tool to be used by the leader.
D. As a relational concern for both leaders and followers. E. As a form of coercion.

D. As a relational concern for both leaders and followers.

The common goals element of the definition of leadership means:
A. Leaders and followers have similar personalities.
B. Leaders and followers have a mutual purpose.
C. Leaders and followers have similar interests.
D. Leaders and followers have a mutual desire for power.

B. Leaders and followers have a mutual purpose.

Leaders’ power to provide pay raised and promotions is:
A. Coercive
B. Reward
C. Legitimate
D. Referent
E. Expert

B. Reward

Waston and Hoffman’s study on leadership emergence with regard to gender-biased perceptions would suggest:
A. Women are much more likable than men.
B. There continue to be barriers to women’s emergence as leaders in some settings.
C. Emergence in leadership has little to do with gender bias.
D. Influential women were rated the same as men in terms of leadership.
E. Men are always more influential within groups and organizations.