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Well, let's see what you've learned. I've selected a few tricky questions to keep you on your toes. Remember, the hardest part is setting aside everything you thought you knew about leadership which might not accord with the material in the chapter. Don't forget to read the explanation section


Scholars recommend that transformational should be used instead of transactional leadership. Is this statement true or false?

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Oh, that first question is tricky isn't it? This is an interesting question for two reasons: 1) the answer hinges on what your definition of a scholar is, and 2) some scholars would argue the statement in the question is neither entirely true nor false. I'll bet I could find a so-called scholar to make the same recommendation that's in the question, and another to argue against it. After all, that's what scholars do best. So why dig up this question instead of any one of sixty or so true or false questions in the test bank? To share one very valuable tip with you and here it is: If you get a question like this on a test, ask your prof to clarify it. By the way, that's not cheating nor are you asking for the correct answer - you just want clarification. In fact doing so is what conscientious students do. The official answer for question one is false.


The implicit leadership perspective states that:

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Question two is a difficult question because, with the exception of response 'D', all of the statements on their own are correct. However, only one applies to the implicit leadership perspective. That is to say, responses, A, B, and E are true, but these refer to different underlying assumptions associated with different perspectives. In a case like this, stick to what's being asked and resist letting your mind wander. Confine yourself to thinking strictly about the implicit leadership perspective and not the other perspectives mentioned in the chapter. The correct response is C.


 
by Claude Dupuis







Organizational BehaviourOnline Learning Center

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