Leadership C9

Studying authentic leadership is timely and worthwhile when

• people prefer transactional leadership

• people are apprehensive and want trustworthy leadership

• people are energized and do not need involved leadership

• people prefer leaders to put them first

Authentic leadership focuses on

• followers first

• leadership outcomes

• leadership for change

• leadership that is genuine

Which theory is one of the newest areas of leadership research?

• leader–member exchange

• transactional

• authentic

• behavioral

Some of the main concepts of authentic leadership were identified earlier as a part of which approach?

• leader–member exchange

• transformational

• path–goal

• adaptive

Authentic leadership is

• easily defined

• a complex process

• similar to path–goal theory

• similar to trait approach

Which is not a way to view or characterize authentic leadership?

• intrapersonal

• interpersonal

• developmental

• fundamental

Which viewpoint is a perspective of authentic leadership that is leader centered?

• intrapersonal

• interpersonal

• developmental

• fundamental

I have done significant reflection about myself, my leadership, and my life experiences, which has helped me become the leader that I am. I am using which definition of authentic leadership?

• intrapersonal

• interpersonal

• developmental

• fundamental

Which viewpoint defines authentic leadership as a reciprocal process?

• intrapersonal

• interpersonal

• developmental

• fundamental

When I focus on the relationships I have with my followers and how we influence each other I am using which definition of authentic leadership?

• intrapersonal

• interpersonal

• developmental

• fundamental