Your Company's HR Director Is a Believer in Trait Theories

Multiple Choice

Your company's HR director is a believer in trait theories of leadership.He believes that he can differentiate leaders from non-leaders by focusing on personal qualities and characteristics.You want to help shed some light on this perspective. You should inform your HR director that research efforts show that:

A) two traits have been identified that guarantee success.
B) universal traits predict success in all situations.
C) traits do a good job predicting leadership effectiveness.
D) traits can predict leadership.