Exam 15: The Negative Dark Side of Leadership

According to past research on preferred leadership style,an individual with an internal locus of control prefers a:

Two tactics that charismatic leaders use to ingratiate themselves with their audiences are to fulfill stereotypes and to create an image of uniqueness.

A common leadership problem that leads to failed vision is an inability to detect important changes in markets.

Which of the following refers to the tendency among leaders to see themselves as they are perceived by their followers and to feel they must act to satisfy the projections or fantasies of followers?

_____ leaders are usually unconventional advocates of radical reform who often alienate others in the organization,including their own bosses.

Polarization refers to the condition in which a group has illusions of invulnerability and engages in single-minded thinking.

The drawback of _____ leaders is that they often violate the chain of command by going around direct reports and thus undercut their direct reports' authority.

Leaders come to deny flaws in their visions due to a process called:

Kelly's model on follower behavior categorizes active,independent,and critical thinking followers as exemplary and conformist.

Explain how a leader can become a pyrrhic victor.

Leaders enjoy the limelight too much to share it.This leads to the creation of _____ when they ultimately depart.

Kets de Vries and Miller argue that leaders with narcissistic personalities are likely to be inspiring rather than destructive.

Being passive and alienated are two of the five ways Kelly (1992) classified followers.

Which of the following is true of narcissist leaders?

Which of the following describes alienated followers as classified by leadership researcher Kelly (1992)?

"Pyrrhic victory" refers to a strategy that results in undeniable success over the long run.

The _____ theory of authority of Chester Barnard (1938) addresses the fact that if dysfunctional aspects of personality can affect leaders,then they can affect followers as well.

Machiavellianism is the phenomenon that deals with the sharing of a delusional system by a least two individuals.

The leadership dysfunction that occurs when group members fail to put forth their best efforts in the belief that their contributions (involvements) will essentially get lost in the group effort is called:

According to Kets de Vries and Miller (1985),_____ plays a central role in the personality of the pathologically destructive leader.