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Activity: Do leaders make a difference?

The source of this scale is: This instrument is adapted and condensed from B. Schyns, J. R. Meindl, and M. A. Croon, "The Romance of Leadership Scale: Cross-cultural Testing and Refinement," Leadership 3, no. 1 (2007), pp. 29–46.

This assessment is designed to help you assess your beliefs about the influence of leaders.

Even in an economic recession, a good leader can prevent a company from doing poorly.
The quality of leadership is the single most important influence on how well the organization functions.
The CEO and executive team have relatively little effect on the company's success or failure.
Sooner or later, bad leadership at the top will result in declining organizational performance.
The effect of a company's leaders on organizational performance is fairly weak.
A company is only as good or as bad as its leaders.
Even the best leaders can’t help an organization very much when the economy is bad or competition is tough.
It is impossible for an organization to do well when its leaders are average.
Compared with the economy, competition, and other external forces, leaders have only a small influence on a firm's performance.
The company's top executives have the power to make or break the organization.
 
  





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