Authentic Leadership Chapter 4

Transformational leadership primarily focuses on:

• Efficiently achieving short-term goals

• Building lasting relationships and inspiring change

• Setting strict policies and procedures

• Individual task management

Which of the following is not a core component of transformational leadership?

• Inspirational Motivation

• Intellectual Stimulation

• Transactional Rewards

• Idealized Influence

Intellectual stimulation in transformational leadership primarily aims to:

• Encourage followers to solve problems creatively

• Motivate followers through emotional appeals

• Control followers through discipline

• Increase task efficiency

Transformational leaders are most effective in which type of organizational environment?

• Highly structured and rigid

• Stable with minimal change

• Rapidly changing and innovative

• Solely results-focused

The concept of 'Idealized Influence' in transformational leadership emphasizes:

• Promoting self-interest

• Increasing rewards for compliance

• Earning respect and trust by embodying ideals

• Intellectual engagement in decision-making

According to Bass, transformational leadership is most likely to:

• Focus only on organizational goals

• Generate higher levels of intrinsic motivation

• Disregard followers' personal growth

• Rely on transactional exchanges

Transformational leadership contrasts sharply with transactional leadership because it:

• Relies on punishment to enforce standards

• Focuses on long-term development and inspiration

• Discourages innovation

• Rewards effort directly

Which of the following is most aligned with a transformational leader’s approach to conflict?

• Utilize conflict to stimulate innovation

• Follow a strict chain of command

• Delegate conflict resolution

• Avoid conflict at all costs

True transformational leaders are generally characterized by their ability to:

• Limit personal interactions with team members

• Inspire loyalty through charismatic authority

• Rely heavily on external rewards and punishments

• Control team output through rigid guidelines

The transformational leadership style is least effective in:

• Organizations experiencing rapid change

• Dynamic industries like technology

• Fields requiring high levels of innovation

• Bureaucratic organizations with static roles