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Chapter 15 Leadership True/False Questions 1. Leadership occurs among people, involves the use of influence, and is used to attain goals. Answer: True Level: 1 Page: 552 Type: F 2. Leadership is reciprocal. Answer: True Level: 1 Page: 552 Type: F 3. Influence means that the relationship among people is passive. Answer: False Level: 2 Page: 552 Type: F 4. Recognizing that successful leaders share specific personal characteristics, leadership research has validated Leadership Trait Theory. Answer: False Level: 2 Page: 553 Type: F 5. Intelligence, verbal ability, and high values are three distinguishing personal characteristics associated with successful leaders. Answer: True Level: 2 Page: 554 Type: F 6. Self-confidence, honesty and integrity, enthusiasm, and the desire to lead, are all intelligence and ability components of personal characteristics of leaders. Answer: False Level: 3 Page: 554 Type: F 7. Ohio State Answer: True Level: 1 Page: 555 Type: F 8. Consideration is the extent to which the leader is task oriented and directs subordinate work activities toward goal attainment. Answer: False Level: 1 Page: 555 Type: F 9. Initiating structure is the extent to which the leader is mindful of subordinates, respects their ideas and feelings, and establishes mutual trust. Answer: False Level: 1 Page: 556 Type: F 10. Ohio State Answer: True Level: 2 Page: 556 Type: F 11. The leaderhsip grid suggests a two-dimensional leadership theory that measures a leaders concern for people and concern for production. Answer: True Level: 3 Page: 556 Type: F 12. Job-centered leaders are those leaders that establish high performance goals and display supportive behavior toward subordinates. Answer: False Level: 2 Page: 557 Type: F 13. The country club management style (1,9) stresses high service and concern for guests or customers, sometimes to the detriment of employees of the firm. Answer: False Level: 3