Recent questions tagged attitude-and-leadership

An investigator who wishes to study the attitudes of people in Illinois identifies $1,000$ people in Illinois, taking care that the percentages of male and female, black ...

Which of these is not a principle of great man theory?Leaders are born not madeGreat men rise up in times of crisisWe can learn from the biographies of great leadersA gre...

___________ is the definition of reference groups.Groups that an individual looks to when forming attitudes and opinionsGroups of people who have been referred to by some...

Which of the following represent the three components of attitudes ?primary, secondary and tertiaryknowledge, value-expressive and utilitariancognitive, affective, and be...

According to Mintzberg, one of management's interpersonal roles is ____________.SpokespersonLeaderNegotiatorMonitor

What is post-heroic leadership theory ?A theory which states that there is too much emphasis on leaders and more attention should be placed on followersA theory looking b...

According to the text, Lee lococca of Chrysler and Pat Farrah of Home Depot exhibited what type of leadership ?TransactionalTransformationalAutocraticContingency

Frustration arises from the gap between __________ and ___________.belief; behaviorlearning; behaviourexpectations; attainmentsbehaviour; attitudes

The capacity to influence people and accomplish desired objectives is called :PowerLeadershipAuthorityStatus

Which of the following is a component of Mary's attitude toward smoking ?Mary believes smoking is harmful to one's healthMary dislikes the fact that people are permitted ...

Michael is a type of manager who is Concerned primarily with accomplishing goals and objectives and concentrates on the task itself. His behavioral style is called : auth...

________ portrays the " whole person" interacting with his or her environment.AttitudePersonalityLifestyleSelf-concept

What is the social construction of leadership?The view that all leadership is social and what matters is how leaders interact with othersLeadership is a made up idea that...

A leadership theory that focuses on the traits of those who have assumed powers and who are considered to be effective is called :trait theoriesbehavioral theoriesconting...

Contingency theory is based on the assumption that the ideal leader :Shapes their leadership style depending on the situationProvides clear instructions to the followers ...

Leadership is ____________.the process of influencing a group toward the achievement of goalsa group that achieves goalsthe function of influencing a group towards the ac...

_____________ is that part of an attitude that’s made up of the beliefs, opinions, knowledge or information held by a person.Behavioural componentCognitive componentAffe...

The ability to influence people through granting or withholding benefits that are of interest to them is called :reward powercoercive powerexport powerreference power

A transactional leader is one who:Inspires people and has strong interactions with themDoes deals with people in order to get them to do things the leader wantsIs the ide...

A student states that he supports gun ownership by individuals. In speech class, his teacher assigns him to present a persuasive speech on abolishing gun ownership by ind...

Persuasion is :the process by which a message induces attitude changea change in behavior or belief as a result of real or imagined group pressurethe process by which a m...

The emotional part of an attitude is called ___________ .Affective componentAttitudeBehavioural componentAll of the above

___________ has become increasingly important for developing a marketing strategy in recent years.Change in consumers attitudesInflation of the dollarThe concept and the ...

Feelings or emotional reactions to an object reflect the _________ components of an attitude.knowledgecognitiveaffectivebehavioral

People who act like “social chameleons” – those who seem to change behavior and attitudes to fit every situation they’re in – are generally considered :low self-monitorsh...

Coercive power may occur in which of the following organizations ?service firmnon-profit organizationmanufacturing firmall of the above

Self-perception theory argues that people will adopt attitudes consistent with behaviors in order to :figure out the dominant responsereduce tensiondetermine how they sho...

A leadership theory that postulates that an effective leader is one who develops a variety of leadership styles, and in each situation applies the style that best fits th...

Research suggests that to change health habits through persuasion, we should alter people’s attitudes toward:specific health practicesthe general concept of “health fitne...

The more leaders are admired and respected, the more members______their behavior.ResentAdmireImitateEndorse

The tendency for oppressors to disparage their victims is given in the text as an example of:how attitudes determine behaviorhow behavior determines attitudesthe low-ball...

According to self-perception theory, behavior shapes attitudes:only of self-monitoring peoplewhen behavior is inconsistent with attitudeswhen attitudes are weak and ambig...

______people readily adjust their behavior in response to external circumstances.Self-monitoringDepressedUnintelligentElderly

Which component of attitudes consists of a consumer’s beliefs about an object?affectivecognitivefactualbehavioral

The most successful early trait theories focused on _____.traits of famous leaderstraits of followerstraits associated with leadershiptraits with distinguish leaders from...

Legitimate power in leadership stems from:organizational authoritya role acknowledged by the followersleadership skillsidentification with other leaders

Leadership today is increasingly associated with the concept of__________?ControlStrategyCommandGetting others to follow