Leadership & Trait Approach

A strength of the trait approach is that leader traits are available and learnable by anyone.

• True

• False

Stogdill's survey identified that there are 10 characteristics that are associated with leadership.

Which of the following are NOT the characteristics :

• Self-confidence and sense of personal identity

• Readiness to absorb interpersonal stress

• Maturity to not tolerate frustration and delay

• Ability to influence other people’s behavior

Leaders need to have low neuroticism and they need to be self-confident and secure in who they are.

• Yes

• No

What are the Big 5 personality factors?

• Openness

• Agreeableness

• Neuroticism

• All of the above

According to a study in 2002 done by Judge, Bono, Ilies, and Gerhardt, this trait is the most important trait for leadership. A leader needs to be sociable, assertive and have a positive energy.

Which of the following refer to this statement?

• Neuroticism

• Extraversion

• Openness

• Agreeableness

• Conscientiousness

______ is one of the five major leadership traits that means leaders have strong verbal and perceptive ability and reasoning capacity.

• Agreeableness

• Urgency

• Sociability

• Intelligence

The trait approach focuses on ______.

• what leaders do

• who leaders are

• the outcomes of leadership

• the role of the organization

Your manager displays a high level of integrity. Which two traits best represent the manager?

• articulate and self-confident

• dependable and diligent

• trustworthy and honest

• self-confident and empathetic

The Big Five personality factor that is not strongly associated with leadership is ______.

• high neuroticism

• extraversion

• openness

• agreeableness

Sociability is one of the Big Five personality factors.

• True

• False