Exam 2: Trait Approach

Found a strong relationship between the Big Five traits and leadership:

Goleman suggests that emotional intelligence

A manager arrives an hour early to work every day and is always completing his task early as well as constantly striving for excellence within the organization. Which two traits best Represent the manager?

A major strength of the trait approach is that it is quite useful for training.

People want to be able to identify leaders as those who are leading the way in our society. This is an example of what strength of the approach?

Persistence, dominance, and drive are characteristics of which trait?

A strength of the trait approach

Are leaders born or made? Defend your answer using information from either trait or skills approach.

The trait approach determines the most important traits in a highly objective way.

A major strength of the trait approach is

Research over the past 100 years on leadership traits

I just had an argument with my supervisor about going over budget on my project. I had strong emotions during the argument and now I and thinking about how to improve my mood at work. This thinking about my emotions is

Which of the following is a strength of the trait approach?

In a major review in 1948, Stogdill suggested

A strength of the trait approach is that it links specific leader traits to organizational outcomes.

How do the Big Five personality factors relate to the five major leadership traits identified in the text?

The trait approach is criticized for its failure to take __________ into consideration.

The Big Five and leadership meta-analysis found that the factor most strongly associated with leadership is conscientiousness.

Why has the trait approach failed to provide a definitive list of leadership traits?

Stogdill's later studies argued that personality and situational factors were both determinants of leadership.