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Individual Traits and Differences 2
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Individual Traits and Differences 2
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1. Traits alone do not define leaders.
2. There are a number of individual traits that are good predictors of who will be a leader.
3. People with external locus of control are proactive and rebound well from stressful situations.
4. You take a universalist view of ethics when you believe that universal rules cannot apply to all.
5. Research indicates that the Chinese score higher on the Mach scale and are more willing than many Westerners to use social power to accomplish their goals.
6. Intuitive feelers have personal charisma and relate well to others
7. The Japanese and Koreans may use more deception, but they often experience considerable guilt.
8. Narcissistic individuals desire to have power and influence over others.
9. Values are the individual difference characteristic that has the most influence on leadership.
10. Because they are good at managing relationships, high machs tend to be the most effective leaders.
11. Individual dignity is valued mostly in Western cultures.
12. Factors such as age and gender influence a person
13. Hard work, frugality and patriotism are values typically held by the generation raised by parents who went through the depression.
14. Most cultures in the world value compassion and frugality.
15. Being a Type A can be helpful to managers because they are better able to delegate tasks.
16. High self-monitors are particularly skilled at delegating tasks.
17. Those who belong to the Millennial generation tend to resent authority and are highly independent.
18. Some degree of anxiety and worrying can be helpful for leaders.
19. Type A and locus of control are closely related.
20. Several sets of abilities are clearly linked to leadership.
21. The primary influence on a person
22. Intelligence is not clearly related to leadership but is related to perceptions of leadership.
23. High self-monitors emerge as leaders more often than low self-monitors.
24. Emotional stability is the Big Five personality dimension most strongly linked to job performance.
25. Individual characteristics influence behavior most when the situation is clearly structured.