Exam 9: Transformational and Charismatic Leadership

Charisma is capable of creating both positive and negative results.

Identify a leader from your past or current employment that you believe is or was a charismatic leader. Which of the characteristics described in the text did he or she possess? Support your answer.

Transformational leaders are often seen as:

Describe the various sources from which one can draw his or her personal meaning.

Citing specific examples, explain how charismatic leaders of the past used vision and superb communication skills to make their case.

Charisma is a trait that cannot be acquired through training.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four phases of the transformation process?

Describe the characteristics that distinguish charismatic from noncharismatic leaders.

In Chapter 4, different types of power-legitimate, reward, coercive, referent, expert, connection, and information power-and influencing tactics were discussed. What type of power is the charismatic leader most likely to be associated with and why?

Charismatic leaders tend to have a high risk orientation.

The increased environmental turbulence, uncertainty, and global competition over the last two decades has resulted in less interest in charismatic and transformational leadership.

Transformational leaders such as Herb Kelleher, former CEO of Southwest Airlines, is a leader known for inspiring his employees with more conventional and formal approaches to leading.

Max Weber and the term "charisma" to explain a form of influence based on:

In the four stage model of the transformation process, which of the following is the first stage?

Bass and Avilio have proposed that transformational leadership is composed of four behavior dimensions, the 4 "I"s of idealized influence, inspirational motivation, individual consideration, and intellectual stimulation.

Two basic differences between charismatic and transformational leadership theories are the qualities that describe the two types of leaders and the influencing behaviors they exhibit.

John Black is described as a good and efficient manager who manages day-to-day operations with exceptional skills. However, employee suggestions for improvements and innovations are often met with the comment, "That is a good idea, but we have no money in the budget to implement it." John's response is indicative of which of the following?

Socialized charismatic leaders:

Transformational leaders are viewed as visionaries while transactional leaders are viewed as task and reward oriented.

The same leader may use both transformational and transactional leadership.