D. leadership is about teams and organizations, not communities and regions
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Coercion
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Ethical understanding and reasoning
78. Coercing someone means to influence them ______.
A. to try something new
B. against their will
C. toward a common goal
D. in a challenging situation
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Coercion
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
79. Your coach thinks Daniel should be the team leader because Daniel is strong, confident, and intelligent. The coach is using which viewpoint of leadership?
A. process
B. management
C. trait
D. power
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Trait Versus Process Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
80. Which of the following is most accurate about leaders and followers?
A. followers need leaders, but leaders do not need followers
B. leaders have an ethical responsibility to followers
C. leaders do not initiate relationships with followers
D. followers are not part of the leadership equation
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Definition and Components
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
True/False
1. The research on leadership generally has found it to be a relatively simple process.
Ans: F
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
2. More than 60 different leadership classification systems have been developed.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
3. Leadership occurs in both large and small groups.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
4. According to Burns, followers should remember that their leaders are above them and act accordingly.
Ans: F
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
5. The earliest leadership theories in the 20th century emphasized control and centralization of power.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
6. The view that leadership is a behavior rather than a trait emerged in the 1930s.
Ans: F
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Box 1 and Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
7. A boss, by definition, has position power over subordinates.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
8. Leaders who use coercion are mostly interested in their own goals, rather than those of subordinates.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and coercion
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
9. The process definition of leadership states that certain individuals have inborn qualities that differentiate them from non-leaders.
Ans: F
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
10. The governor of your state possesses French and Raven’s legitimate power.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
Short Answer
1. If you would like to emerge as a leader in a group project for a class, what are two communication behaviors you should demonstrate?
Ans: Leadership emergence is associated with positive communication behaviors including being verbally involved with group members, being informed about the project, seeking group members’ opinions, initiating new ideas, and being firm but not rigid.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Assigned Versus Emergent Leadership
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
2. Name and briefly describe the two types of personal power.