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My leader is a real visionary and helps us solve organizational problems in creative ways.She is using which characteristic of a servant leader?


A) building community
B) listening
C) foresight
D) conceptualization

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The purpose of Liden et al.'s research on servant leadership was to ______.


A) discredit servant leadership as a theory
B) clarify the altruistic nature of servant leadership
C) provide a framework consistent with transformational leadership
D) provide a framework for understanding servant leadership complexities

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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According to Greenleaf,the best measure of servant leadership is ______.


A) whether the leader has the necessary traits to lead
B) whether the leader is ethical
C) whether followers are willing to support the leader
D) whether followers are nurtured by the leader

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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What makes up the core of the servant leadership process?


A) antecedent conditions
B) characteristics of the leader
C) servant leader behaviors
D) context and culture

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Ray was chosen by his boss to lead a team of coworkers during a companywide project.Ray spent a lot of time getting to know each of his individual team members and fostering intergroup relationships.Throughout the project,the people on Ray's team developed a deep sense of unity and relatedness to one another.Which characteristic of servant leadership best describes Ray's methods?


A) conceptualization
B) building community
C) stewardship
D) awareness

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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Servant leadership is ______.


A) descriptive
B) prescriptive
C) both descriptive and prescriptive
D) neither descriptive nor prescriptive

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Why might some subordinates not want to work with servant leaders?

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Servant leaders concern themselves with ...

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The people I am leading want me to use servant leadership.This is an example of ______.


A) collective bargaining
B) emotional healing
C) context and culture
D) follower receptivity

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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When my leader shows she cares about my personal well-being she is using which characteristic of a servant leader?


A) awareness
B) listening
C) healing
D) conceptualization

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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Servant leaders do all of the following except ______.


A) put followers first
B) empower followers
C) help followers develop full personal capacities
D) rely on followers to independently initiate growth

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Servant leadership works best when ______.


A) there is a balance of power between the leaders and followers
B) leaders are altruistic and have a strong motivation to help others
C) leaders use a task-oriented approach
D) leaders are willing to leave followers to work on their own

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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State one servant leader behavior that you most identify with and briefly explain why.

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Varies.Student will need to choose eithe...

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My leader takes careful responsibility for managing the resources of our organization.This is an example of which characteristic of a servant leader?


A) stewardship
B) commitment to the growth of people
C) persuasion
D) conceptualization

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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Context and culture is ______.


A) an antecedent condition in servant leadership
B) a leader behavior in servant leadership
C) an outcome of transformational leadership
D) an outcome of servant leadership

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Which of the following is not an outcome of servant leadership?


A) follower performance and growth
B) organizational performance
C) societal impact
D) leader empowerment

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following is a strength of servant leadership approach?


A) Research supports the identification of the seven leader behaviors.
B) The follower focus implies servant leadership is not about leading.
C) There is no consensus on a common definition of servant leadership.
D) It frames leadership on the principles of followers first.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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How does the power of servanthood relate to concepts from French and Raven's five bases of social power?

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Referent power: leaders are liked and adored by followers.Expert power: based on followers' perceptions of the leader's competence.Legitimate power: having status or formal job authority.Reward power: having the capacity to reward behavior.Coercive power: having the capacity to penalize or punish others.Servant leadership is more about shared power.Some say it is the opposite of coercive power.Servant leadership might align most closely with referent power inasmuch as followers like and are drawn to leaders who listen,heal,empower them,and put them first.

Kim leads a team of graduate students in food science who discover a new food ingredient that tastes like salt but contains no artificial ingredients.Kim gives credit for the discovery to her graduate students.She is displaying what servant leader behavior?


A) foresight
B) emotional healing
C) putting followers first
D) empowering

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Servant leadership ______.


A) directly impacts society
B) indirectly impacts society
C) has not been shown to impact society
D) is not a useful theory of leadership

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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My math teacher not only helps me solve difficult equations,but she also wrote me a great letter of recommendation for the college I want to attend that has a highly ranked math department.She is using which servant leader behavior?


A) helping followers grow and succeed
B) emotional healing
C) behaving ethically
D) conceptualizing

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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