Exam 4: Traits and Skills Contributing to Leader Effectiveness

Studies about leadership traits consistently show that expertise and competence on the job are normally ranked the highest, even when pitted against honesty and personal integrity.

The ability to glean and use new information and data is one of the attributes of:

Decisiveness is not an appropriate leadership trait in most situations because decision quality is harmed.

Leaders with the trait of resilience are usually considered more dependable than others because they are not worn down by fatigue, stress, and disillusionment.

The achievement-motivation theory-relating achievement, power, and affiliation-is a classic work of an American psychologist named:

Leaders with high emotional maturity are usually balanced and self-controlled until feelings of anger and hostility develop whenever they have to take unpopular actions.

High energy as a trait can be a problem for leaders who do not adequately plan, reflect, and therefore lead purposeful action.

The personality characteristic that leads people to a reasoned surety about their capacity to perform is called:

Managers are considered to have high flexibility when they have the hardiness of spirit to remain focused or to spring back effectively when pushed hard by external influences.

Leadership skills tend to be broad in nature, such as ability to communicate.

The four elements commonly associated with emotional maturity are:

Which of the following best describes intelligence?

Continual learning, as a leadership skill, means that the individual takes responsibility for acquiring new information and finding ways to use new and old information creatively.

A primary characteristic of leaders high in need for achievement is the eagerness to delegate.

The need for achievement has the following elements: