MGT 6615 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What 3 themes dominated leadership definition in the 1950s? - ANS Group Theory
Leadership as a relationship
Effectiveness
Leadership of the 1970s focused on what? - ANS Organizational Behavior
Authentic Leadership - ANS A style in which the leader is true to himself or herself while
leading
Spiritual Leadership - ANS Leaders use values, a sense of "calling," and membership to
motivate followers
Servant Leadership - ANS Focuses on providing increased service to others—meeting the
goals of both followers and the organization—rather than to oneself.
Adaptive Leadership - ANS leaders encourage followers to adapt by confronting and solving
problems, challenges, and changes
Followership - ANS The role followers play in the leadership process
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,Discursive Leadership - ANS Leadership is created not so much through leader traits, skills,
and behaviors, but through communication practices that are negotiated between leader and
follower
What 4 components are central to leadership? - ANS 1. Leadership is a process
2. Leadership involves influence
3. Leadership occurs in groups
4. Leadership involves common goals
Definition of Leadership - ANS A process whereby an individual influences a group of
individuals to achieve a common goal
What is the context in which leadership takes place? - ANS In groups
Trait Leadership - ANS certain individuals have special innate characteristics or qualities that
differentiate them from non-leaders
Social Identity Theory - ANS The degree to which a person fits with the identity of the group
as a whole
Referent Power - ANS Power that comes from subordinates' and coworkers' respect,
admiration, and loyalty
Expert Power - ANS Based on followers' perceptions of the leader's competence
Legitimate Power - ANS Power as a result of status or job authority
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, Reward Power - ANS power that comes from the ability to provide rewards or favors
Coercive Power - ANS Derived from having the capacity to penalize or punish others
Information Power - ANS Derived from possessing knowledge that others want or need
Two major kinds of power: - ANS Position & Personal
Position power includes which types of power? - ANS Legitimate
Reward
Coercive
Information
Personal power includes which types of power? - ANS Referent & Expert
Position Power - ANS influence derived from one's formal structural position in the
organization
Personal Power - ANS The influence capacity a leader derives from being seen by followers as
likable and knowledgeable
Classification system of moral reasoning - ANS Stage 1—Obedience and Punishment
Stage 2—Individualism and Exchange
Stage 3—Interpersonal Accord and Conformity
Stage 4—Maintaining the Social Order
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AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What 3 themes dominated leadership definition in the 1950s? - ANS Group Theory
Leadership as a relationship
Effectiveness
Leadership of the 1970s focused on what? - ANS Organizational Behavior
Authentic Leadership - ANS A style in which the leader is true to himself or herself while
leading
Spiritual Leadership - ANS Leaders use values, a sense of "calling," and membership to
motivate followers
Servant Leadership - ANS Focuses on providing increased service to others—meeting the
goals of both followers and the organization—rather than to oneself.
Adaptive Leadership - ANS leaders encourage followers to adapt by confronting and solving
problems, challenges, and changes
Followership - ANS The role followers play in the leadership process
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,Discursive Leadership - ANS Leadership is created not so much through leader traits, skills,
and behaviors, but through communication practices that are negotiated between leader and
follower
What 4 components are central to leadership? - ANS 1. Leadership is a process
2. Leadership involves influence
3. Leadership occurs in groups
4. Leadership involves common goals
Definition of Leadership - ANS A process whereby an individual influences a group of
individuals to achieve a common goal
What is the context in which leadership takes place? - ANS In groups
Trait Leadership - ANS certain individuals have special innate characteristics or qualities that
differentiate them from non-leaders
Social Identity Theory - ANS The degree to which a person fits with the identity of the group
as a whole
Referent Power - ANS Power that comes from subordinates' and coworkers' respect,
admiration, and loyalty
Expert Power - ANS Based on followers' perceptions of the leader's competence
Legitimate Power - ANS Power as a result of status or job authority
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Reward Power - ANS power that comes from the ability to provide rewards or favors
Coercive Power - ANS Derived from having the capacity to penalize or punish others
Information Power - ANS Derived from possessing knowledge that others want or need
Two major kinds of power: - ANS Position & Personal
Position power includes which types of power? - ANS Legitimate
Reward
Coercive
Information
Personal power includes which types of power? - ANS Referent & Expert
Position Power - ANS influence derived from one's formal structural position in the
organization
Personal Power - ANS The influence capacity a leader derives from being seen by followers as
likable and knowledgeable
Classification system of moral reasoning - ANS Stage 1—Obedience and Punishment
Stage 2—Individualism and Exchange
Stage 3—Interpersonal Accord and Conformity
Stage 4—Maintaining the Social Order
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