Leadership Ch. 16

1. Which of the following is not one of Adler's leader cross-cultural competencies?

2. At the new student orientation of your university, the guides taught you the common cheer that is a part of most sporting and other major assemblies on campus. The process of learning this common language and tradition of your university describes the definition of which of the following: ______.

3. Culture as defined in the text is ______.

4. The existence of different cultures or ethnicities within a group or organization is the definition of ______.

5. Jenny is the project manager of a small web design firm. She identifies with Christian and American cultures. Working alone, Jenny created the work flow calendar for the next six months, carefully including days off for Easter and the Fourth of July. Rajiv, one of the firm's new designers who practices Islam, was disappointed to see that Jenny scheduled a huge project in late June during one of his important cultural holidays, Ramadan. hen Jenny was designing the work calendar, she was using ______.

6. "Why on earth do some countries function in non-democratic ways, especially not allowing the right for all adults to vote?" This statement is an example of ______.

7. Why is ethnocentrism an obstacle to effective leadership?

8. The largely fixed attitude, belief, or emotion held by an individual about another individual or group based on faulty or unsubstantiated data is the definition of ______.

10. Which scholar reported that a primary characteristic of culture is the degree to which the culture is individualistic or collectivistic?

11. Trompenaars completed a large survey of people in 47 different countries and determined two organizational cultural classifications: ______.

12. Hofstede's five dimensions on which culture differs include all of the following except ______.

9. "Men just seem to be naturally better at math than women; that's just a fact!" This statement is an example of ______.

13. Which scholar(s) authored Culture, Leadership, and Organizations: The GLOBE Study of 62 Societies?

14. How many cultural dimensions did the GLOBE researchers identify?

15. Which cultural dimension is defined as the extent to which a society, organization, or group relies on established social norms, rituals, and procedures to make things more predictable and less unclear?

16. The power distance cultural dimension in the GLOBE studies is defined as ______.

17. The cultural dimension defined as the degree to which an organization encourages institutional or societal collective action is ______.

18. The extent to which people are devoted to their organizations and families is ______.

19. In my organization, women and men share power and influence equally. My organization uses a high degree of which dimension of culture?

20. The assertiveness dimension of culture in the GLOBE studies is described as ______.

21. The extent to which people engage in behaviors such as planning, investing in the future, and delaying gratification is which cultural dimension?

22. I am really lucky to belong to an organization that places an emphasis on rewarding us for meeting challenging goals. My organization in this example is using which cultural dimension from the GLOBE studies?

23. The dimension of culture that is concerned with how much a society or organization emphasizes sensitivity to others, social support, and community values is ______.

24. The GLOBE researchers published data on regional cultural clusters that included how many different countries?

25. How many distinct clusters, or groups of countries, are represented in the GLOBE studies?

26. The questionnaires used in the GLOBE studies were analyzed to determine whether the groupings of cultures were in fact valid. They found that ______.

27. In the Anglo cultural cluster, high scores were found in which of the cultural dimensions?

28. Which cultural dimension had no high-score clusters?

29. People in which cluster in the GLOBE studies exhibit forceful behaviors but are also supportive of their coworkers and treat men and women equally?

30. Which cluster of cultures in the GLOBE studies have high scores on humane orientations and are generally very concerned for and sensitive to others?

31. What was the main purpose of the GLOBE project?

32. Implicit leadership theory states in part that individuals have implicit beliefs and convictions about the attributes that distinguish leaders from nonleaders. This concept is similar to the main concept of which leadership approach in the text?

33. The GLOBE leader behavior of charismatic/value-based leadership is most similar to which transformational leadership factor in the Full Model of Transformational Leadership?

34. I incorporate all staff into development of the purpose of our team by using collaborative and diplomatic behaviors. Which of the global leadership behaviors am I using?

35. My supervisor involves all of us in making and implementing decisions. Which of the global leadership behaviors am I using?

36. Which global leader behavior is also a leader behavior in path-goal theory?

37. Our team leader asks us about our needs, is generous with his time, and considerate of our personal and professional goals. Which of the global leadership behaviors is our leader using?

38. My leader is only worried about his job and getting the next prestigious promotion. He does not care about me or my co-workers. Which of the global leadership behaviors am I using?

39. I like working with my supervisor because she lets me do things the way I think they should be done. She encourages me to be creative and unique in my approach to problems. Which of the global leadership behaviors am I using?

40. Which of the six global leadership behaviors is focused on ensuring the safety and security of the leader and the group?

41. How does the GLOBE research inform leaders and followers about the different ways in which the various cultural clusters view leadership?

42. The leadership profile that places the most importance on charismatic/value-based, team-oriented, and self-protective leader behaviors is ______.

43. The Nordic Europe leadership profile places low importance on which two global leadership behaviors?

44. Which global leadership profile cluster does not place a high value on self-protective leadership behavior?

45. A strength of the GLOBE studies is ______.

46. The study of culture and leadership identifies the complex nature of the leadership process and how leadership is influenced by cultures. This statement ______.

47. One weakness of the culture and leadership research is ______.

48. The six global leadership behaviors in the GLOBE studies helped the researchers ______.

49. Five cross-cultural competencies for leaders include all of the following except ______.

50. A definition of culture does not include ______.

51. According to the GLOBE study, which of these is not a cultural dimension?

52. Global leadership behaviors include all of these except ______.

53. Universally desirable leadership attributes do not include ______.

54. Universally undesirable leadership behaviors include all of the following except ______.

55. Applications for culture and leadership do not include ______.

56. According to the Anglo culture cluster, the least desirable leader behavior is ______.

57. According to the Sub-Saharan Africa Anglo culture cluster, the most desirable leader behavior is ______.

58. Researchers used divided the data collected from 62 countries into regional clusters to provide a convenient way to ______.

59. The cultural dimension in which organizations encourage and reward members for excellence is ______.

60. According to GLOBE researchers, which of the following statements is false?

61. Who is (are) the most referenced researcher(s) identifying five major dimensions on which cultures differ?

62. Who developed five cross-cultural competencies for leaders?

63. Who researched culture and leadership resulting in the GLOBE research program?

64. How many "country clusters" did GLOBE focus its findings on?

65. What was an element that GLOBE used to create regional clusters?

66. According to the Germanic culture cluster, the most desirable leadership behavior is ______.

67. According to the research, the Eastern Europe cluster scored high on ______.

68. According to the text, the conceptualization of leadership used by GLOBE was derived in part from ______.

69. A major factor in the need for increased cross-cultural awareness is ______.

70. A criticism of the GLOBE research study, cited in the text, is ______.

71. Training and development programs using the cultural behaviors, dimensions, and clusters from the GLOBE studies could focus on all except which of the following topics to help leaders be more effective in working with others from different cultures?

72. A portrait of an exceptional leader includes all of the following attributes except ______.

73. A portrait of an ineffective leader includes all of the following attributes except ______.

74. Prejudice has a negative impact because it ______.

75. Which of the following attributes characterize the assertiveness cultural dimension?

76. The power distance cultural dimension is concerned with the way cultures are stratified to create unequal levels between groups of people. The levels of stratification are based on all of the following except ______.

77. Which of the following is not one of behaviors associated with team-oriented leadership?

78. Which of the following is not one of behaviors associated with self-protective leadership?

79. A required characteristic of the institutional collectivism cultural dimension is ______.

80. Globalization has created a need for all of the following except ______.