LDR 201 Exam1 Questions and Answers
Leadership - Answer-a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a
common goal
What ethical responsibility do leaders have ? - Answer-They have the responsibility to attend to the
needs and concerns of their followers
Exceptional man theory - Answer-1900-1930
- leaders have innate qualities that made them divinely destined to lead
- Leaders are born to lead
Trait theory - Answer--1930s
- domination out, influence in
- certain gifted people are born with the right traits that make others want to follow them. Those people
become leaders while everyone else remains subservient
Behavioral theories - Answer-1940s-1960s
- leadership is an act or behavior undertaken by a leader that influences the group "in a shared
direction"
, - focus on what leaders do and how they do it, not the quality or traits they posses
- Leaders are made not born
Situational theories - Answer--1970s
- "the reciprocal process of mobilizing by persons with certain motives and values, various economic,
political, and other resources, in context of competition and conflict, in order to realize goals
independently or mutually held by both leaders and followers
- not every person is a leader in every situation
Transactional and transformational theories - Answer--1980s
- rewards and punishments (transactional)
- leaders build shareds goals (transformational)
-leadership is about encouraging greater change (transformational)
Assigned leadership - Answer-defacto leadership that comes with the job title
Emergent leadership - Answer-A leadership role that emerges organically based on how others see you
Prototype identity - Answer-- as groups develop overtime, this also develops
- Being similar to this ideal makes a person attractive to the group, builds trust, and provides that person
with the opportunity to influence the group
Personal power - Answer-Influence capacity a leader derives from being seen as likable and
knowledgeable by followers
- referent power
- expert power
Leadership - Answer-a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a
common goal
What ethical responsibility do leaders have ? - Answer-They have the responsibility to attend to the
needs and concerns of their followers
Exceptional man theory - Answer-1900-1930
- leaders have innate qualities that made them divinely destined to lead
- Leaders are born to lead
Trait theory - Answer--1930s
- domination out, influence in
- certain gifted people are born with the right traits that make others want to follow them. Those people
become leaders while everyone else remains subservient
Behavioral theories - Answer-1940s-1960s
- leadership is an act or behavior undertaken by a leader that influences the group "in a shared
direction"
, - focus on what leaders do and how they do it, not the quality or traits they posses
- Leaders are made not born
Situational theories - Answer--1970s
- "the reciprocal process of mobilizing by persons with certain motives and values, various economic,
political, and other resources, in context of competition and conflict, in order to realize goals
independently or mutually held by both leaders and followers
- not every person is a leader in every situation
Transactional and transformational theories - Answer--1980s
- rewards and punishments (transactional)
- leaders build shareds goals (transformational)
-leadership is about encouraging greater change (transformational)
Assigned leadership - Answer-defacto leadership that comes with the job title
Emergent leadership - Answer-A leadership role that emerges organically based on how others see you
Prototype identity - Answer-- as groups develop overtime, this also develops
- Being similar to this ideal makes a person attractive to the group, builds trust, and provides that person
with the opportunity to influence the group
Personal power - Answer-Influence capacity a leader derives from being seen as likable and
knowledgeable by followers
- referent power
- expert power
