Exam 1: Introduction to Leadership

Which of the following statements is true regarding the changes in the study of leadership processes?

According to Taoism,a leader is best when people despise and fear him.

Individuals look to a leader to frame and concretize their reality,and are incapable of rejecting or changing the reality thus defined.

The institutionalization of symbols as the tools for leadership,such as the leadership provided in absentia by Buddha,Jesus Christ,and Muhammad,is indicative of _____ leadership.

Though leadership events were seen as outcomes of a relationship that implicates the leader,the led,and their shared situation,studies conducted within the situational approach usually left the _____ of leadership unattended.

Respect for an able leader's decisions,goal attainment,and customer satisfaction are examples of _____.

found that the leader's initiatives to provide goal orientations within the group led to antagonism,tension,and absenteeism.

Most patterns of formal organization institutionalize the emergent characteristics of leadership into roles,rules,and relations that give tangible and enduring form to relationships between leaders and led.

Kurt Lewin's attention to the "social climates" created by several styles of leadership led to the evolution of the _____ approach to leadership.

Leadership,like other social phenomena,is socially constructed through _____,emerging as a result of the constructions and actions of both leaders and led.

An increasing number of management gurus are suggesting that many of today's organizations are undermanaged and overled.

Autocratic,democratic,and servant are examples of the thematic perspective of leadership.

Bandura and Walters used the identification of children with adult models to study leadership.

Is it important for followers to identify with leaders? Explain.

From a sociological perspective,the leadership process is fluid and not static in nature.

Which concept suggests that a person's potential to be influential arises out of the positive dispositions others hold toward him?

Highlight the components of the leadership process and describe their interconnections.

The informal role of leadership occurs when an emergent leader arises from a set of dynamics,rather than being officially assigned.

as a dominant characteristic of the _____.

Describe some of the alternative conceptualizations of leadership.