Question 19
LSU Leadership and Management Exam. Ethical leadership is a process of influencing others that is not about who the leader is but what the leader does.
- True
- False
Question 20
Face-saving is ___________.
- a. The need to feel safe
- b. Is when a leader puts on their “best face” for followers
- c. An attempt to look better than you are
- d. Attempts to establish or maintain one’s self image in response to threat
Question 21
To be fair, a leader should ___________.
- a. Treat and talk to them all the same
- b. Empower some followers over others
- c. Always look out for the leader’s interests first
- d. All of these
Question 22
A theory that suggests that individuals are motivated by their needs is ___________.
- a. Skinner’s operant conditioning
- b. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- c. Path-goal theory
- d. Expectancy theory
Question 23
When should a leader provide clear goals?
- a. When the job is done
- b. Never
- c. Early
- d. Frequently
Question 24
In addition to technical competence, what other two qualities must a leader have for followers to trust them?
- a. A nice smile and a nice personality
- b. Good communication and good sense of humor
- c. Confidence and assertiveness
- d. Ambition and a good work ethic
Question 25
Which of the following is the most significant obstacle to building trust?
- a. Ignorance
- b. Incompetence
- c. Laziness
- d. Dishonesty
Question 26
Actions of a leader ___________.
- a. do not have to be ethical if they get results
- b. are based on the follower’s ethics
- c. are not as important as what the leader says
- d. are a reflection of the leader’s ethics
Question 27
Ethical leadership is an ___________ occurrence. LSU Leadership and Management Exam
- a. monthly
- b. yearly
- c. everyday
- d. weekly
Question 28
A leader’s values are seldom exactly the same as their followers’ values. The ethical leader should ___________.
- a. ignore the tension between the different values
- b. subjugate follower values
- c. negotiate through the differences to find the best outcome for all
- d. embrace the followers’ values as their own
Question 29
A supervisor is selecting recipients of new awards for an end of year celebration. Criteria for the awards are not known to the employees, and it is revealed that the awards all go to employees who are friendly with the supervisor outside of work. When questioned about this, the supervisor blames other employees for not working harder. This is an example of a violation primarily of which of the six factors?
- a. Fairness
- b. Strengths
- c. Responsibility
- d. Citizenship
Question 30
An ethical leader with ethical goals may impose his or her will on others. LSU Leadership and Management Exam
- True
- False
Question 31
The capacity to influence or affect others is ___________.
- a. power
- b. manipulation
- c. leadership
- d. subordination
Question 32
What was the main reason given in the text that describes how Hitler was not an ethical leader?
- a. All of these
- b. He had referent power from the wrong sub-groups.
- c. His goals were evil
- d. He lacked legitimate power.
Question 33
When individuals’ goals are unclear, they are ___________.
- a. less excited about their work
- b. all of these
- c. less gratified about their accomplishments
- d. less likely to be successful
Question 34
Encouraging others when they are engaged in tasks that are boring is an example of ___________. LSU Leadership and Management Exam
- a. directive leadership
- b. participative leadership
- c. authority-compliant leadership
- d. supportive leadership
Question 35
Using a directive leadership style makes subordinates feel that what they are accomplishing has a high value.
- True
- False
Question 36
Path-goal leadership theory is ascribed to which of the following leadership researchers? Leadership and Management Exam
- a. Peter Northouse
- b. James MacGregor Burns
- c. Susan Komives
- d. Robert House
Question 37
Participative leaders ___________.
- a. work to establish a climate that is open to new and diverse opinions
- b. lessen their own participation to encourage followers to participate more
- c. invite others to share in the ways and means of getting things done
- d. invite others to share in the ways and means of getting things done and work to establish a climate that is open to new and diverse opinions
Question 38
Jordan is the newest hire at a local advertising agency. There is a strict dress code at this firm, which Jordan does not like and feels stifles creativity. But as the newest hire, Jordan’s desire to feel like part of the team is more important than her personal style, so she says nothing. Jordan is experiencing which of the obstacles mentioned in the text? LSU Leadership and Management Exam
- a. Unclear goals
- b. Low involvement
- c. Lack of a challenge
- d. Simple tasks
Question 39
“Every day when you walk into class, you need to pick up your journal and answer the question written at the front of the class.” This is an example of ___________.
- a. complex tasks
- b. none of these
- c. giving social support
- d. clear goals
Question 40
If the assignment is a group term paper, the effective teacher describes in detail the required components and then reminds the class that these are the minimum requirements. Grades above a C will be given for those groups going above and beyond these minimum requirements. This is an example of ___________.
- a. clear directions
- b. unclear directions
- c. lack of challenge
- d. clear goals LSU Leadership and Management Exam
