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