Question : Multiple Choice Questions 49.Which of the following the most accurate definition : 1243797

Multiple Choice Questions 

49.Which of the following is the most accurate definition of leadership? 

A.Leadership refers to transforming the day-to-day activities of an organization to increase its effectiveness.

B.Leadership refers to the personality traits of an individual which makes him or her guide an organization to better performance and effectiveness.

C.Leadership refers to the abilities of an individual to act according to the changes in the environment.

D.Leadership is influencing, motivating, and enabling others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organizations.

E.Leadership refers to the capabilities of certain individuals to introduce successful changes in organizational performance.

50.Which of the following statements is most consistent with the view of shared leadership? 

A.Shared leadership operates out of one formally assigned position shared by two employees.

B.Leaders should share their power and responsibility to avoid self-serving bias among employees.

C.Leadership of an organization is broadly distributed rather than assigned to one person.

D.For organizations to move from autocratic to democratic institutions, shared leadership must be implemented.

E.A team should have more than one leader to perform effectively.

51.The competency (trait) perspective of leadership: 

A.is one of the most recently studied perspectives of leadership.

B.is no longer accepted as an approach to understanding leadership in organizations.

C.takes a contingency approach by identifying the best leadership competencies under different conditions.

D.holds the view that leaders’ competency is dependent on the situation.

E.presents the view that certain personal characteristics distinguish great leaders from the rest of us.

52.According to the _____ perspective of leadership, leadership is associated with the personal characteristics of the person. 

A.transactional

B.competency

C.behavioral

D.contingency

E.implicit

53.According to the competency (trait) perspective of leadership: 

A.effective leadership involves being both task-oriented and people-oriented.

B.the best leadership style depends on the situation.

C.introducing specific environmental conditions can replace the need for leaders.

D.leadership is a personal characteristic of the person.

E.people tend to inflate the importance of leadership in explaining organizational events.

54.The competency perspective of leadership identifies drive, integrity, and emotional intelligence as the: 

A.substitutes for leadership.

B.main elements of situational leadership theory.

C.competencies of effective leaders.

D.contingencies in path-goal theory.

E.essential traits of engaging in transactional leadership.

55.Successful leaders have a positive self-evaluation, including high self-esteem, self-efficacy, and internal locus of control. This refers to the leaders’ _____. 

A.drives

B.self-concept

C.cognitive intelligence

D.emotional intelligence

E.leadership motivation

56.Which of the following characteristics addresses leaders’ high need for achievement? 

A.Integrity

B.Emotional intelligence

C.Drive

D.Self confidence

E.Leadership motivation

57.Effective leaders have a strong need for socialized power, meaning that they want power as a means to accomplish organizational objectives and similar good deeds. This behavior of leaders refers to: 

A.emotional intelligence.

B.cognitive intelligence.

C.integrity.

D.drive.

E.leadership motivation.

58.Which of the following statements about emotional intelligence and leadership is true? 

A.Emotional intelligence is one of the most frequently identified contingencies of employees when choosing the best leadership style.

B.Emotional intelligence is one of the desired competencies of effective leaders.

C.Emotional intelligence is the psychological condition that makes people want to believe that leaders make a difference.

D.Emotional intelligence refers to the leader’s above-average cognitive ability to process information.

E.Emotional intelligence makes leaders function with a transactional rather than a transformational orientation.