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1. Which of the following statements is true of women in leadership positions?
Women's commitment to their organizations was less guarded than that of their male counterparts.
Women were less likely than men to be willing to take career risks.
Women were less analytical and forceful than men.
Women had significantly lower well-being scores than men.
2. In a classic study of sex roles, Schein
evidenced the fact that being a woman and being a manager are contradictory.
found a high correlation between the ways both male and female respondents perceived "females" and "managers."
demonstrated how bias in sex role stereotypes created problems for women moving up through managerial roles.
found no correlation between the ways respondents perceived "males" and "managers."
3. According to Patricia O'Connell's webs of belief, which of the following webs of belief is associated with respecting and caring for all creation, and honoring the needs and identities of everyone in every culture?
purpose
reverence
flaneur
authenticity
4. Unlike traditional training programs, action learning
inherently involves time away from immediate job responsibilities.
makes transfer back to the actual work situation more difficult.
requires personnel who participate in leadership development activities to attend classes for several weeks.
often is conducted in teams of work colleagues who are addressing real company challenges.
5. Which of the following is one of the best ways to establish and maintain good peer relationships?
adopt the norms of the group
acknowledge common interests and goals
practice a theory z attitude to gain perspective
take control of problems that peers are unable to solve
6. In the context of the first day on the job, identify a true statement about the first meeting of the new leaders with their new bosses.
The meeting should happen in a small conference room.
The meeting should avoid discussing the boss's view of team strengths and weaknesses.
The meeting should end by arranging a follow-up meeting to review progress.
The meeting should usually last for two to three hours.
7. People in societies exhibiting a large degree of power distance
strive to equalize the distribution of power.
accept a hierarchical order in which everybody has a place and that needs no further justification.
tend to communicate in a direct and participative style.
are likely to experience referent power between the less powerful and the more powerful members of a society.
8. Dr. Jonathon realizes that his patient is suffering from a highly contagious disease that is likely to pose a threat to the entire city. However, he is uncertain about sharing this information with city officials to protect his patient's privacy. In this scenario, which of the following ethical dilemmas does the doctor most likely face?
truth versus loyalty
individual versus community
short-term versus long-term
justice versus mercy
9. Hall and Donnell reported findings of five separate studies involving over 12,000 managers that explored the relationship between managerial achievement and attitudes toward subordinates. Overall, they found that managers who strongly subscribed to Theory X beliefs
were unlikely to have a pessimistic view of others.
were unlikely to rely on coercive, external control methods to motivate workers.
were highly likely to believe that workers were naturally motivated to work.
were highly likely to be in their lower-achieving group.
10. In the context of Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, leaders and followers who possess high levels of analytic intelligence
fail to see connections between issues.
tend to be quick learners and do well in school.
are unable to make accurate assumptions with relatively unfamiliar information.
are primarily concerned with knowledge and experience.