1. Barry Posner observes that in today’s work environment leaders need to be human. True False 2. The extremely turbulent adverse environment facing organizations today have led Bennis and Thomas to state that one of the most reliable indicators and predictors of true leadership is an individual’s ability to find meaning in negative events. True False 3. According to a Fortune article “When you boil it all down contemporary leadership seems to be a matter of aligning people toward common goals and empowering them to take the actions needed to reach them.” True False 4. An important by-product of the Iowa leadership studies was the insight that was gained into the productive behavior of an individual. True False 5. The Ohio State studies recognized that leadership was synonymous with good leadership. True False 6. The low-producing-section supervisors in the early Michigan leadership studies were significantly more likely to be general rather than close in their supervisory styles and be employee-centered. True False 7. The trait approach is concerned mainly with identifying the personality traits of the leader. True False 8. The results of the trait leadership theory were very encouraging in that other than the intelligence factor a lot of other traits were found common universally. True False 9. When the trait theory was applied to an organization the results were found to be positive simply because all managers think they know what the qualities of a successful leader are. True False 10. In one laboratory study it was found that leadership style had a greater impact on group productivity than group productivity had on leadership style. True False 11. For the same leader research has shown that in-group associates report fewer difficulties in dealing with the leader and perceive the leader as being more responsive to their needs than out-group associates do. True False 12. According to Fiedler’s contingency model of leadership when the situation is moderately favorable or unfavorable the authoritarian leader was most effective. True False
