Leadership Traits and Ethics
Learning Outcomes
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
1. List the benefits of classifying personality traits. p. 33
2. Describe the Big Five personality dimensions. p. 33
3. Explain the universality of traits of effective leaders. p. 37
4. Discuss why the trait of dominance is so important for managers to have. p. 37
5. State how the Achievement Motivation Theory and the Leader Motive Profile
are related and different. p. 42
6. Identify similarities and differences among Theory X and Theory Y, the
Pygmalion effect, and self-concept. p. 48
7. Describe how attitudes are used to develop four leadership styles. p. 52
8. Compare the three levels of moral development. p. 54
9. Explain the stakeholder approach to ethics. p. 58
10. Define the following key terms (in order of appearance in the chapter):
traits
personality
Big Five Model of Personality
surgency personality dimension
agreeableness personality
dimension
adjustment personality dimension
conscientiousness personality
dimension
openness-to-experience
personality dimension
personality profiles
self-awareness
social awareness
self-management
relationship management
Achievement Motivation Theory
Leader Motive Profile Theory
Leader Motive Profile (LMP)
attitudes
Theory X and Theory Y
