Exam 7: Leader Traits and Skills

The quality of strategic decisions ultimately depends on ________ skills, even though some ________ knowledge is necessary to make these decisions, and ________ skills are necessary for developing relationships, obtaining information, and influencing subordinates to implement decisions.

Managers with a socialized power orientation use power to aggrandize themselves and satisfy their strong need for esteem and status.

A better understanding of leadership in an organization may be gained by examining the ________.

Cross-cultural research suggests that individuals who lack awareness and engage in self-enhancement are seen by their bosses as being highly likely to derail in ________cultures, because they violate the cultural norms for modesty.

Competencies ________.

Managerial level affects ________.

Which pattern of traits (from strongest to weakest) is BEST for managers in organizations?

What types of attributes have been examined in leadership research?

Why might too much self-confidence be a negative trait for a leader?

________ facilitates emotional stability and information processing in stressful situations and it helps leaders maintain their own optimism and enthusiasm about a project or mission in the face of obstacles or setbacks.

All of the following are related concepts EXCEPT ________.

Achievement orientation includes a set of related needs and values, including a strong performance orientation and concern for task objectives.

It is impossible for an effective leader to be too self-confident.

A narcissistic leader is LESS likely to be effective than a leader who has ________.

Writers generally agree that there is little to no transferability of skills across organizations at the executive level.

Skills are determined by ________.

________ are relatively stable dispositions to behave in a particular way.

Research shows evidence that an internal locus of control is ________.

Skills are determined jointly by learning and heredity.

In general terms, ________ skills involve good judgment, foresight, intuition, creativity, and the ability to find meaning and order in ambiguous, uncertain events.