Leadership: Theory and Practice
(Chapter 1-4)
"Great Man" Theories - correct answer-Focused on identifying innate qualities and
characteristics possessed by great social, political, & military leaders.
Assigned Leadership - correct answer-____ Leadership is based on occupying a position in
an organization.
Behavioral Approach - correct answer-focuses exclusively on what leaders do and how they
act.
Includes Task Behavior and Relationship Behavior
Big 5 Personality Traits - correct answer-Extraversion, Conscientiousness, openness, (low)
neuroticism, agreeableness
Both Management and Leadership essential for an organization to prosper? T/F - correct
answer-True.
Coercive Power - correct answer-Derived from having the capacity to penalize or punish
others. Ex) Coach benches player for being late
Conceptual Skills - correct answer-Ability to work with ideas and concepts
A leader with these skills work easily with abstractions and hypothetical notions.
Emergent Leadership - correct answer-____ Leadership is when others perceive an
individual as the most influential member of a group or an organization, regardless of the
individual's title.
This kind of leadership emerges over a period through communication.
Emotional Intelligence - correct answer-Research suggests that leaders who are sensitive to
their emotions and to the impact of their emotions on others may be leaders who are more
effective.
Expert Power - correct answer-Based on followers' perceptions of the leader's competence.
Ex) A tour guide who is knowledgable about a foreign country
Focus of Group Process - correct answer-From this perspective, the leader is at the center of
the group change and activity and embodies the will of the group.
How does the Trait Approach differ from other approaches? - correct answer-It focuses
exclusively on the leader, not on the followers or the situation.
Human Skill - correct answer-- Knowledge about and ability to work with people.
, - "people skills"
- abilities that help a leader to work effectively with subordinates, peers, and superiors to
accomplish the organization's goals.
- leader to assist group members in working cooperatively as a group to achieve common
goals.
- leaders with human skills adapt their own ideas to those of others.
create an atmosphere of trust where employees can feel comfortable and secure and where
they can feel encouraged to become involved in the planning of things that will affect them.
- being sensitive to the needs and motivations of others and taking into account others'
needs in one's decision making.
"Capacity to get along with others as you go about your work."
Information Power - correct answer-Derived from possessing knowledge that others want or
need.
Is Power synonymous with Leadership? Explain. - correct answer-Some often think Power is
synonymous with Leadership, however, power has not been a mjor variable in theories of
Leadership.
In the social contract between leaders and followers, leaders wield less power. (Followers'
ability to use information power to level the playing field)
Leadership - correct answer-a process whereby an individual influences a group of
individuals to achieve a common goal.
Leadership as a Process - correct answer-From this viewpoint, leadership can be observed
in leader behaviors and can be learned.
Leadership as a Trait - correct answer-This suggests that certain individuals have special
innate or inborn characteristics or qualities that make them leaders and that it is these
qualities that differentiate them from nonleaders. Ex) Physical Factors (height), Personality
Features (extraversion), and other characteristics (intelligence and fluency).
This viewpoint conceptualizes leadership as a property or set of properties possessed in
varying degrees by different people.
Leadership involves Influence - correct answer-_____ is the sine qua non of leadership.
Without it, leadership does not exist.
Leadership occurs in groups - correct answer-____ are the context in which leadership takes
place. Leadership involves influencing a ____ of individuals who have a common purpose.
Leadership training programs that teach people to lead themselves are considered a part of
leadership within the definition that is set fort in this book. True or False? - correct
answer-False
Legitimate Power - correct answer-Associated with having status or formal job authority. Ex)
A Judge
(Chapter 1-4)
"Great Man" Theories - correct answer-Focused on identifying innate qualities and
characteristics possessed by great social, political, & military leaders.
Assigned Leadership - correct answer-____ Leadership is based on occupying a position in
an organization.
Behavioral Approach - correct answer-focuses exclusively on what leaders do and how they
act.
Includes Task Behavior and Relationship Behavior
Big 5 Personality Traits - correct answer-Extraversion, Conscientiousness, openness, (low)
neuroticism, agreeableness
Both Management and Leadership essential for an organization to prosper? T/F - correct
answer-True.
Coercive Power - correct answer-Derived from having the capacity to penalize or punish
others. Ex) Coach benches player for being late
Conceptual Skills - correct answer-Ability to work with ideas and concepts
A leader with these skills work easily with abstractions and hypothetical notions.
Emergent Leadership - correct answer-____ Leadership is when others perceive an
individual as the most influential member of a group or an organization, regardless of the
individual's title.
This kind of leadership emerges over a period through communication.
Emotional Intelligence - correct answer-Research suggests that leaders who are sensitive to
their emotions and to the impact of their emotions on others may be leaders who are more
effective.
Expert Power - correct answer-Based on followers' perceptions of the leader's competence.
Ex) A tour guide who is knowledgable about a foreign country
Focus of Group Process - correct answer-From this perspective, the leader is at the center of
the group change and activity and embodies the will of the group.
How does the Trait Approach differ from other approaches? - correct answer-It focuses
exclusively on the leader, not on the followers or the situation.
Human Skill - correct answer-- Knowledge about and ability to work with people.
, - "people skills"
- abilities that help a leader to work effectively with subordinates, peers, and superiors to
accomplish the organization's goals.
- leader to assist group members in working cooperatively as a group to achieve common
goals.
- leaders with human skills adapt their own ideas to those of others.
create an atmosphere of trust where employees can feel comfortable and secure and where
they can feel encouraged to become involved in the planning of things that will affect them.
- being sensitive to the needs and motivations of others and taking into account others'
needs in one's decision making.
"Capacity to get along with others as you go about your work."
Information Power - correct answer-Derived from possessing knowledge that others want or
need.
Is Power synonymous with Leadership? Explain. - correct answer-Some often think Power is
synonymous with Leadership, however, power has not been a mjor variable in theories of
Leadership.
In the social contract between leaders and followers, leaders wield less power. (Followers'
ability to use information power to level the playing field)
Leadership - correct answer-a process whereby an individual influences a group of
individuals to achieve a common goal.
Leadership as a Process - correct answer-From this viewpoint, leadership can be observed
in leader behaviors and can be learned.
Leadership as a Trait - correct answer-This suggests that certain individuals have special
innate or inborn characteristics or qualities that make them leaders and that it is these
qualities that differentiate them from nonleaders. Ex) Physical Factors (height), Personality
Features (extraversion), and other characteristics (intelligence and fluency).
This viewpoint conceptualizes leadership as a property or set of properties possessed in
varying degrees by different people.
Leadership involves Influence - correct answer-_____ is the sine qua non of leadership.
Without it, leadership does not exist.
Leadership occurs in groups - correct answer-____ are the context in which leadership takes
place. Leadership involves influencing a ____ of individuals who have a common purpose.
Leadership training programs that teach people to lead themselves are considered a part of
leadership within the definition that is set fort in this book. True or False? - correct
answer-False
Legitimate Power - correct answer-Associated with having status or formal job authority. Ex)
A Judge
