Although a number of traits and characteristics are relevant to leadership, two limitations have caused leadership research to move in a different direction...
What will be an ideal response?
First, many of the trait-leadership correlations are weak in magnitude, particularly when leader effectiveness serves as the outcome.
Second, the focus on leader traits holds less practical relevance than a focus on leader actions. Although research shows that traits can seemingly have an effect on leader effectiveness, these effects are generally explained much more strongly by leader behavior.
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a) Turner Broadcasting v. FCC; b) Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod v. FCC; c) Capital Cities Cable v. Crisp; d) U.S. v. Playboy Entertainment; e) MD/DC/DE Broadcasters Association v. FCC.
Project teams are formed
a. to accomplish a specific task. b. with highly specialized individuals. c. to develop a new product. d. all of these.
Xerox, Procter and Gamble, Volvo, and General Electric have introduced self ?managing teams, with a successive rise in productivity of __________
a. 5–10% b. 10–25% c. 25–40% d. 40–50%
Effective group members in positions of power engage in team talk by refraining from talking and interrupting members more than others do
True False