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1
Which of the following statements is most consistent with the view of shared leadership?
A)Shared leadership operates out of one formally assigned position shared by two employees.
B)Leaders should share their power and responsibility to avoid self-serving bias among employees.
C)Leadership of an organization is broadly distributed rather than assigned to one person.
D)For organizations to move from autocratic to democratic institutions, shared leadership must be implemented.
E)A team should have more than one leader to perform effectively.
2
Organizational behavior research indicates that transformational leaders produce _____ followers, whereas charismatic leaders produce dependent followers.
A)unskilled
B)directive
C)empowered
D)real
E)servant
3
Managerial leaders:
A)engage in participative leadership.
B)build a strategic vision to change the organization.
C)support and guide the performance and well-being of individual employees.
D)possess all of the competencies of great leaders.
E)act as change agents in the organization.
4
According to studies of task- and people-oriented leadership effectiveness, the best leaders:
A)Rely on task-oriented behaviors
B)Rely on people-oriented behaviors
C)Use both task-oriented and people-oriented behaviors
D)Research studies do not support any relationship between leader behaviors and leader effectiveness
E)Research has not been done on this topic
5
Path-goal theory argues that: 
A)leadership is relatively unimportant in high-performance organizations.
B)participative leadership is the most effective style of leadership.
C)supportive leadership is best suited to maximize organizational performance.
D)great leaders have certain common personal characteristics and goals.
E)effective leaders select the most appropriate behavior based on the situation.
6
_____ theory identifies conditions that either limit the leader's ability to influence subordinates or make a particular leadership style unnecessary.
A)Transformational leadership
B)Managerial leadership
C)Leadership substitutes
D)Path–goal
E)Implicit leadership
7
Leadership prototypes refer to:
A)preconceived beliefs about the features and behaviors of effective leaders.
B)factors that substitute leadership in organizations.
C)a theoretical construct that encompasses all the qualities of leadership.
D)the models of ideal leadership in various situations based on previous experience.
E)an amalgam of the least effective leadership characteristics leaders should avoid.
8
According to the competency perspective of leadership:
A)effective leadership involves being both task-oriented and people-oriented.
B)the best leadership style depends on the situation.
C)introducing specific environmental conditions can replace the need for leaders.
D)leadership is a personal characteristic of the person.
E)people tend to inflate the importance of leadership in explaining organizational events.
9
_____ leadership refers to how well leaders are aware of, feel comfortable with, and act consistently with their self-concepts.
A)Authentic
B)Transformational
C)Servant
D)Path-goal
E)Implicit
10
Which of the following statements about culture and leadership is true?
A)Participative leadership is perceived as characteristic of effective leadership in low power distance cultures.
B)There are no similarities and only differences in the concept and preferred practice of leadership across cultures.
C)Transformational leadership theory explains differences in leadership practices across cultures.
D)Employees in high power distance cultures prefer a participative leadership style.
E)People's expectations from their leaders are universal—they do not differ across countries.





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