Latin American Leadership Midterm Review

Latin American leaders are most likely to rely on which power base?

• Coercive power

• Expert power

• Referent power

• Reward power

Personalismo is:

• The ability to persuade others to follow a leader through desirable particular attributes and personal relationships

• The belief that leadership is derived from the personal background and wealth of the individual leader

• The title of a leader with positional authority in Latin America

• The use of transactional leadership behaviors in order to accomplish important goals for the organization

The Latin America view of the leader-follower relationship is:

• Collaborative, with both contributing significantly to the development of a shared vision

• Fluid, with movement of individuals in and out of both roles

• Hierarchical, with a clear expectation that followers will accept a subservient role and show devotion to the leader

• Toxic, with a clear division between leader and follower which often results in significant discord

The leader-follower relationship in the Latin American view is:

• Based on authentic leadership

• Based on charismatic leadership

• Based on servant leadership

• Based on transactional leadership

The responsibility of the leader in the Latin American view is:

• To demonstrate an orientation toward achieving results

• To motivate their followers

• To preserve order and provide patronage

• To serve their followers

Latin American contexts do see those who are not members of the elite attain leadership through:

• Acquiring wealth

• Attaining a key role within the church

• Education

• Force

The Latin American context views leadership as:

• An entitlement

• A prize

• A process

• A relationship

In a Latin American cultural context, leadership is viewed as a byproduct of nature.

• True

• False

The West is to controlling nature as Latin America is to having nature be a byproduct.

• True

• False

In the Latin American cultural context, the public sphere favors the WE side of the continuum and the private, family, sphere, favors the I side of the continuum.

• True

• False