Test Bank Essentials of Nursing Leaders
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hip & Management 7th Edition Sally A.
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Weiss Complete All Chapters 2024
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,Chapter 1: Nursing Leadership and Management M
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ULTIPLE CHOICE C
1. According to Henri Fayol, the functions of planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling a
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re considered which aspect of management?
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a. Roles
b. Process
c. Functions
d. Taxonomy
ANS: B, The management process includes planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling. Management roles include infor
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mation processing, interpersonal relationships, and decision making. Management functions include planning, organizing, staffin
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g, directing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting. A taxonomy is a system that orders principles into a grouping or classificatio
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n.
2. Which of the following is considered a decisional managerial role?
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a. Disseminator
b. Figurehead
c. Leader
d. Entrepreneur
ANS: D, The decisional managerial roles include entrepreneur, disturbance handler, allocator of resources, and negotiator. The in
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formation processing managerial roles include monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson. The interpersonal managerial roles incl
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ude figurehead, leader, and liaison.
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3. A nurse manager meets regularly with other nurse managers, participates on the organizations
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committees, and attends meetings sponsored by professional organizations in order to manage relat
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ionships. These activities are considered which function of a manager?
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a. Informing
b. Problem solving C
c. Monitoring
d. Networking
ANS: D, The role functions to manage relationships are networking, supporting, developing and mentoring, managing conflict an
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d team building, motivating and inspiring, recognizing, and rewarding. The role functions to manage the work are planning and o
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rganizing, problem solving, clarifying roles and objectives, informing, monitoring, consulting, and delegating.
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4. A nurse was recently promoted to a middle-
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level manager position. The nurses title would most likely be which of the following?
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a. First-line manager C
b. Director
c. Vice president of patient care services
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d. Chief nurse executive C C
ANS: B, A middle-level manager is called a director. A low managerial- level job is called the first-
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line manager. A nurse in an executive level role is called a chief nurse executive or vice president of patient care services.
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5. A nurse manager who uses Frederick Taylors scientific management approach, would most likely f
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ocus on which of the following?
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, a. General principles C
b. Positional authority C
c. Labor productivity C
d. Impersonal relations C
ANS: C, The area of focus for scientific management is labor productivity. In bureaucratic theory, efficiency is achieved through i
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mpersonal relations within a formal structure and is based on positional authority. Administrative principle theory consists of princ
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iples of management that are relevant to any organization.
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6. According to Vrooms Theory of Motivation, force: C C C C C C
a. is the perceived possibility that the goal will be achieved.
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b. describes the amount of effort one will exert to reach ones goal.
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c. describes people who have free will but choose to comply with orders they are given.
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d. is a naturally forming social group that can become a contributor to an organization.
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ANS: B, According to Vrooms Theory of Motivation, Force describes the amount of effort one will exert to reach ones goal. Val
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ence speaks to the level of attractiveness or unattractiveness of the goal. Expectancy is the perceived possibility that the goal will
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be achieved. Vrooms Theory of Motivation can be demonstrated in the form of an equation: Force = Valence Expectancy (Vroo
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m, 1964). The theory proposes that this equation can help to predict the motivation, or force, of an individual as described by Vro
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om.
7. According to R. N. Lussier, motivation: C C C C C
a. is unconsciously demonstrated by people.
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b. occurs externally to influence behavior.
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c. is determined by others choices.
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d. occurs internally to influence behavior.
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ANS: D, Motivation is a process that occurs internally to influence and direct our behavior in order to satisfy needs. Motivation is
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Cnot explicitly demonstrated by people, but rather it is interpreted from their behavior. Motivation is whatever influences our choi
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ces and creates direction, intensity, and persistence in our behavior.
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8. According to R. N. Lussier, there are content motivation theories and process motivation t
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heories. Which of the following is considered a process motivation theory?
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a. Equity theory C
b. Hierarchy of needs theory C C C
c. Existence-relatedness-growth theory C
d. Hygiene maintenance and motivation factors C C C C
ANS: A, The process motivation theories are equity theory and expectancy theory. The content motivation theories include Masl
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ows hierarchy of needs theory, Aldefers existence- relatedness-
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growth (ERG) theory, and Herzbergs hygiene maintenance factors and motivation factors.
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9. The theory that includes maintenance and motivation factors is:
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a. Maslows hierarchy of needs. C C C
b. Herzbergs two-factor theory. C C
c. McGregors theory X and theory Y. C C C C C
d. Ouchis theory Z. C C
, ANS: B, The two- C C C
factor theory of motivation includes motivation and maintenance factors. Maslows hierarchy of needs includes the following needs
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: physiological, safety, security, belonging, and self-
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actualization. In theory X, employees prefer security, direction, and minimal responsibility. In theory Y, employees enjoy their wo
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rk, show self-
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control and discipline, are able to contribute creatively, and are motivated by ties to the group, organization, and the work itself. Th
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e focus of theory Z is collective decision making and long-
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term employment that involves slower promotions and less direct supervision.
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10. A nurse is appointed to a leadership position in the local hospital. The nurses position would be co
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nsidered which of the following? C C C C
a. Informal leadership C
b. Formal leadership C
c. Leadership
d. Management
ANS: B, Formal leadership is based on occupying a position in an organization. Informal leadership is shown by an individual w
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ho demonstrates leadership outside the scope of a formal leadership role or as a member of a group. Leadership is a process of infl
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uence whereby the leader influences others toward goal achievement. Management is a process to achieve organizational goals.
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11. A nursing instructor is evaluating whether the nursing students understand the three fun
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damental qualities that leaders share. According to Bennis and Nanus, the fundamental qual
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ities of effective leaders are:
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a. guided vision, passion, and integrity. C C C C
b. knowledge of self, honesty, and maturity. C C C C C
c. intelligence, self-confidence, and determination. C C C
d. honesty, self-awareness, and sociability. C C C
ANS: ABennis and Nanus list guided vision, passion, and integrity as fundamental qualities of effective leaders. Knowledge of sel
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f, honesty and maturity; intelligence, self-confidence and determination; self-
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awareness and sociability are all desirable traits in leaders as well as in others.
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12. The six traits identified by Kirkpatrick and Locke that separate leaders from non-leaders were:
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a. respectability, trustworthiness, flexibility, self-confidence, intelligence, sociability. C C C C C
b. self-
confidence, progression of experiences, influence of others, personal life factors, honesty, drive.
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c. intelligence, self-confidence, determination, integrity, sociability, honesty. C C C C C
d. drive, desire to lead, honesty, self-confidence, cognitive ability, knowledge of business.
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ANS: D, Research by Kirkpatrick and Locke concluded that leaders possess six traits: drive, desire to lead, honesty, self-
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Cconfidence, cognitive ability, and knowledge of the business. Woods identified five dominant factors that influenced leadership
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development: self- C
confidence, innate qualities, progression of experience, influence of significant others, and personal life factors. Stogdill identifi
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ed the following traits of a leader: intelligence, self-
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Cconfidence, determination, integrity, and sociability. Murphy and DeBack identified the following leader characteristics: caring
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, respectability, trustworthiness, and flexibility.
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13. A nurse manager who uses a leadership style that is participatory and where authority is
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delegated to others is most likely using which of the following leadership styles?
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a. Autocratic
b. Democratic
c. Laissez-faire
C C C C C
hip & Management 7th Edition Sally A.
C C C C C C C
Weiss Complete All Chapters 2024
C C C C
,Chapter 1: Nursing Leadership and Management M
C C C C C C
ULTIPLE CHOICE C
1. According to Henri Fayol, the functions of planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling a
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re considered which aspect of management?
C C C C C
a. Roles
b. Process
c. Functions
d. Taxonomy
ANS: B, The management process includes planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling. Management roles include infor
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
mation processing, interpersonal relationships, and decision making. Management functions include planning, organizing, staffin
C C C C C C C C C C C C
g, directing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting. A taxonomy is a system that orders principles into a grouping or classificatio
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n.
2. Which of the following is considered a decisional managerial role?
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a. Disseminator
b. Figurehead
c. Leader
d. Entrepreneur
ANS: D, The decisional managerial roles include entrepreneur, disturbance handler, allocator of resources, and negotiator. The in
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formation processing managerial roles include monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson. The interpersonal managerial roles incl
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ude figurehead, leader, and liaison.
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3. A nurse manager meets regularly with other nurse managers, participates on the organizations
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committees, and attends meetings sponsored by professional organizations in order to manage relat
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ionships. These activities are considered which function of a manager?
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a. Informing
b. Problem solving C
c. Monitoring
d. Networking
ANS: D, The role functions to manage relationships are networking, supporting, developing and mentoring, managing conflict an
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d team building, motivating and inspiring, recognizing, and rewarding. The role functions to manage the work are planning and o
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rganizing, problem solving, clarifying roles and objectives, informing, monitoring, consulting, and delegating.
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4. A nurse was recently promoted to a middle-
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level manager position. The nurses title would most likely be which of the following?
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a. First-line manager C
b. Director
c. Vice president of patient care services
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d. Chief nurse executive C C
ANS: B, A middle-level manager is called a director. A low managerial- level job is called the first-
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line manager. A nurse in an executive level role is called a chief nurse executive or vice president of patient care services.
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5. A nurse manager who uses Frederick Taylors scientific management approach, would most likely f
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ocus on which of the following?
C C C C C
, a. General principles C
b. Positional authority C
c. Labor productivity C
d. Impersonal relations C
ANS: C, The area of focus for scientific management is labor productivity. In bureaucratic theory, efficiency is achieved through i
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mpersonal relations within a formal structure and is based on positional authority. Administrative principle theory consists of princ
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iples of management that are relevant to any organization.
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6. According to Vrooms Theory of Motivation, force: C C C C C C
a. is the perceived possibility that the goal will be achieved.
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b. describes the amount of effort one will exert to reach ones goal.
C C C C C C C C C C C
c. describes people who have free will but choose to comply with orders they are given.
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d. is a naturally forming social group that can become a contributor to an organization.
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ANS: B, According to Vrooms Theory of Motivation, Force describes the amount of effort one will exert to reach ones goal. Val
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ence speaks to the level of attractiveness or unattractiveness of the goal. Expectancy is the perceived possibility that the goal will
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be achieved. Vrooms Theory of Motivation can be demonstrated in the form of an equation: Force = Valence Expectancy (Vroo
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m, 1964). The theory proposes that this equation can help to predict the motivation, or force, of an individual as described by Vro
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
om.
7. According to R. N. Lussier, motivation: C C C C C
a. is unconsciously demonstrated by people.
C C C C
b. occurs externally to influence behavior.
C C C C
c. is determined by others choices.
C C C C
d. occurs internally to influence behavior.
C C C C
ANS: D, Motivation is a process that occurs internally to influence and direct our behavior in order to satisfy needs. Motivation is
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
Cnot explicitly demonstrated by people, but rather it is interpreted from their behavior. Motivation is whatever influences our choi
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ces and creates direction, intensity, and persistence in our behavior.
C C C C C C C C C
8. According to R. N. Lussier, there are content motivation theories and process motivation t
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heories. Which of the following is considered a process motivation theory?
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a. Equity theory C
b. Hierarchy of needs theory C C C
c. Existence-relatedness-growth theory C
d. Hygiene maintenance and motivation factors C C C C
ANS: A, The process motivation theories are equity theory and expectancy theory. The content motivation theories include Masl
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ows hierarchy of needs theory, Aldefers existence- relatedness-
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growth (ERG) theory, and Herzbergs hygiene maintenance factors and motivation factors.
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9. The theory that includes maintenance and motivation factors is:
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a. Maslows hierarchy of needs. C C C
b. Herzbergs two-factor theory. C C
c. McGregors theory X and theory Y. C C C C C
d. Ouchis theory Z. C C
, ANS: B, The two- C C C
factor theory of motivation includes motivation and maintenance factors. Maslows hierarchy of needs includes the following needs
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: physiological, safety, security, belonging, and self-
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actualization. In theory X, employees prefer security, direction, and minimal responsibility. In theory Y, employees enjoy their wo
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
rk, show self-
C C
control and discipline, are able to contribute creatively, and are motivated by ties to the group, organization, and the work itself. Th
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e focus of theory Z is collective decision making and long-
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term employment that involves slower promotions and less direct supervision.
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10. A nurse is appointed to a leadership position in the local hospital. The nurses position would be co
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
nsidered which of the following? C C C C
a. Informal leadership C
b. Formal leadership C
c. Leadership
d. Management
ANS: B, Formal leadership is based on occupying a position in an organization. Informal leadership is shown by an individual w
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
ho demonstrates leadership outside the scope of a formal leadership role or as a member of a group. Leadership is a process of infl
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uence whereby the leader influences others toward goal achievement. Management is a process to achieve organizational goals.
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
11. A nursing instructor is evaluating whether the nursing students understand the three fun
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damental qualities that leaders share. According to Bennis and Nanus, the fundamental qual
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ities of effective leaders are:
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a. guided vision, passion, and integrity. C C C C
b. knowledge of self, honesty, and maturity. C C C C C
c. intelligence, self-confidence, and determination. C C C
d. honesty, self-awareness, and sociability. C C C
ANS: ABennis and Nanus list guided vision, passion, and integrity as fundamental qualities of effective leaders. Knowledge of sel
C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
f, honesty and maturity; intelligence, self-confidence and determination; self-
C C C C C C C C
awareness and sociability are all desirable traits in leaders as well as in others.
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12. The six traits identified by Kirkpatrick and Locke that separate leaders from non-leaders were:
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a. respectability, trustworthiness, flexibility, self-confidence, intelligence, sociability. C C C C C
b. self-
confidence, progression of experiences, influence of others, personal life factors, honesty, drive.
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c. intelligence, self-confidence, determination, integrity, sociability, honesty. C C C C C
d. drive, desire to lead, honesty, self-confidence, cognitive ability, knowledge of business.
C C C C C C C C C C
ANS: D, Research by Kirkpatrick and Locke concluded that leaders possess six traits: drive, desire to lead, honesty, self-
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Cconfidence, cognitive ability, and knowledge of the business. Woods identified five dominant factors that influenced leadership
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development: self- C
confidence, innate qualities, progression of experience, influence of significant others, and personal life factors. Stogdill identifi
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ed the following traits of a leader: intelligence, self-
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Cconfidence, determination, integrity, and sociability. Murphy and DeBack identified the following leader characteristics: caring
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, respectability, trustworthiness, and flexibility.
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13. A nurse manager who uses a leadership style that is participatory and where authority is
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delegated to others is most likely using which of the following leadership styles?
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a. Autocratic
b. Democratic
c. Laissez-faire
