LEADERSHIP THEORY 1 TEST
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ What are the four key elements of leadership? Answer: Process,
influence, groups, and common goals.
◉ What are the 6 conceptualizations of leadership? Answer: Group
processes, personality perspective, action/behavior, power relationship,
transformational process, skills perspective.
◉ What is followership and why is it important? Answer: Leadership
requires followers; without followers, leadership does not exist.
◉ What are the two types of leader emergence? Answer: Assigned
leadership and emergent leadership.
◉ What theory did the Trait Approach originate from? Answer: Great
Man (Great Person) Theory.
◉ Who is associated with the Great Man Theory/Created Trait
Approach Answer: Thomas Carlyle
◉ What is the main assumption of the Trait Approach? Answer: Leaders
are born, not made.
, ◉ What are Northouse's five key leadership traits? Answer: Intelligence,
self-confidence, determination, integrity, sociability.
◉ Who developed the Skills Approach? Answer: Robert Katz (1955)
◉ How does the Skills Approach view leadership? Answer: As learned
capabilities and skills.
◉ Katz's three skills? Answer: Technical, human, conceptual.
◉ Mumford et al.'s three competencies? Answer: Problem-solving skills,
social judgment skills, knowledge.
◉ What does the Behavioral/Style Approach focus on? Answer: What
leaders do and how they act.
◉ Two major behavior categories of styles approach? Answer: Task
behaviors and relationship behaviors.
◉ Ohio State studies identified what two behaviors? Answer: Initiating
structure and consideration.
◉ Michigan studies identified what two orientations? Answer:
Employee-oriented and production-oriented.
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ What are the four key elements of leadership? Answer: Process,
influence, groups, and common goals.
◉ What are the 6 conceptualizations of leadership? Answer: Group
processes, personality perspective, action/behavior, power relationship,
transformational process, skills perspective.
◉ What is followership and why is it important? Answer: Leadership
requires followers; without followers, leadership does not exist.
◉ What are the two types of leader emergence? Answer: Assigned
leadership and emergent leadership.
◉ What theory did the Trait Approach originate from? Answer: Great
Man (Great Person) Theory.
◉ Who is associated with the Great Man Theory/Created Trait
Approach Answer: Thomas Carlyle
◉ What is the main assumption of the Trait Approach? Answer: Leaders
are born, not made.
, ◉ What are Northouse's five key leadership traits? Answer: Intelligence,
self-confidence, determination, integrity, sociability.
◉ Who developed the Skills Approach? Answer: Robert Katz (1955)
◉ How does the Skills Approach view leadership? Answer: As learned
capabilities and skills.
◉ Katz's three skills? Answer: Technical, human, conceptual.
◉ Mumford et al.'s three competencies? Answer: Problem-solving skills,
social judgment skills, knowledge.
◉ What does the Behavioral/Style Approach focus on? Answer: What
leaders do and how they act.
◉ Two major behavior categories of styles approach? Answer: Task
behaviors and relationship behaviors.
◉ Ohio State studies identified what two behaviors? Answer: Initiating
structure and consideration.
◉ Michigan studies identified what two orientations? Answer:
Employee-oriented and production-oriented.
