MGT 6615 CHAPTER 15 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Women earn more - ANS Masters degrees than men
The percent of women in national legislatures or parliaments is - ANS 21.9%
Which statement describes the pipeline of women in the workforce? - ANS Women have the
training and human capital that prepares them for upper management
Which is true of human capital differences that affect the labyrinth? - ANS Women assume
more child-rearing duties than men
Developmental experiences that help people achieve top leadership positions include -
ANS Effective mentoring relationships
Women placed in high-risk positions without significant support structures is termed the -
ANS Glass cliff
Women are more effective in - ANS In middle-management positions where communal
interpersonal skills are highly valued
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,Men were found to be more effective than women - ANS In masculinized leadership positions
Women - ANS Are more participative leaders than men
Which of the following is a communal characteristic? - ANS Helpfulness
People using biased judgments in interactions with others - ANS Is an example of
stereotyping
People who prefer others similar to themselves and report positive feelings and decisions
favorable to those most like them are using - ANS Homosocial reproduction
What characteristic is considered a gender stereotype of women? - ANS Helpfulness
Why did academic researchers ignore issues related to gender and leadership until the 1970s? -
ANS All of the above.
What does the term "glass cliff" refer to? - ANS Leadership positions that carry greater risk
and potential criticism.
Research on gender differences in leadership has shown that - ANS Women and men both
value their parental and partner roles more highly than their employee roles.
Role congruity theory holds that - ANS Because we construe leadership as masculine, women
don't fit our image of what it takes to be a leader.
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, An effective strategy for reducing the leadership gap is - ANS Changing the notion of
uninterrupted careers in organizations.
Which of the following is NOT a motive for removing the barriers to women's successful
navigation of the work labyrinth? - ANS Developing a more androgynous conception of
leadership.
What will help women obtain more equity in obtaining elite leadership positions in the
workforce? - ANS Changes in workplace norms
Increasingly, academic researchers are asserting that women's leadership is more effective than
men's in today's society. - ANS false
Women leaders use the management-by-exception approach more often than men leaders do. -
ANS false
Women occupy more than half of all management and professional positions in US
organizations. - ANS false
The glass escalator refers to the way gifted women leaders ascend into elite leadership
positions. - ANS false
The global phenomenon whereby women are disproportionately concentrated in lower-level
and lower-authority leadership positions than men is known as the leadership gap. -
ANS false
Women experience greater hindrances than do men in acquiring informal mentors. -
ANS false
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Women earn more - ANS Masters degrees than men
The percent of women in national legislatures or parliaments is - ANS 21.9%
Which statement describes the pipeline of women in the workforce? - ANS Women have the
training and human capital that prepares them for upper management
Which is true of human capital differences that affect the labyrinth? - ANS Women assume
more child-rearing duties than men
Developmental experiences that help people achieve top leadership positions include -
ANS Effective mentoring relationships
Women placed in high-risk positions without significant support structures is termed the -
ANS Glass cliff
Women are more effective in - ANS In middle-management positions where communal
interpersonal skills are highly valued
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,Men were found to be more effective than women - ANS In masculinized leadership positions
Women - ANS Are more participative leaders than men
Which of the following is a communal characteristic? - ANS Helpfulness
People using biased judgments in interactions with others - ANS Is an example of
stereotyping
People who prefer others similar to themselves and report positive feelings and decisions
favorable to those most like them are using - ANS Homosocial reproduction
What characteristic is considered a gender stereotype of women? - ANS Helpfulness
Why did academic researchers ignore issues related to gender and leadership until the 1970s? -
ANS All of the above.
What does the term "glass cliff" refer to? - ANS Leadership positions that carry greater risk
and potential criticism.
Research on gender differences in leadership has shown that - ANS Women and men both
value their parental and partner roles more highly than their employee roles.
Role congruity theory holds that - ANS Because we construe leadership as masculine, women
don't fit our image of what it takes to be a leader.
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, An effective strategy for reducing the leadership gap is - ANS Changing the notion of
uninterrupted careers in organizations.
Which of the following is NOT a motive for removing the barriers to women's successful
navigation of the work labyrinth? - ANS Developing a more androgynous conception of
leadership.
What will help women obtain more equity in obtaining elite leadership positions in the
workforce? - ANS Changes in workplace norms
Increasingly, academic researchers are asserting that women's leadership is more effective than
men's in today's society. - ANS false
Women leaders use the management-by-exception approach more often than men leaders do. -
ANS false
Women occupy more than half of all management and professional positions in US
organizations. - ANS false
The glass escalator refers to the way gifted women leaders ascend into elite leadership
positions. - ANS false
The global phenomenon whereby women are disproportionately concentrated in lower-level
and lower-authority leadership positions than men is known as the leadership gap. -
ANS false
Women experience greater hindrances than do men in acquiring informal mentors. -
ANS false
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