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interactive quiz is based on the GLOBE project, a worldwide study of "Global
Leadership
and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness."
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In 62 societal cultures, the GLOBE researchers studied the leadership attributes that are associated with outstanding business leaders. The study's respondents were more than 17,000 middle managers. For each attribute, the middle managers responded using scale of 1.0 (lowest) to 7.0 (highest).
 The researchers were interested in determining which attributes, if any, were scored similarly by middle managers around the world. In other words, the researchers wanted to know which leadership attributes were "universally" -- i.e., pan-culturally -- viewed as negative or positive. (The researchers set a very high standard for declaring an attribute to be “universally” positive or negative.) The findings of this portion of the GLOBE research revealed that...
BUSINESS LEADER ATTRIBUTE QUIZ - Following are 12 attributes of business leaders. Judge whether you believe that each was...
-- A. Ambitious Do you believe this attribute of business leaders was... 1. universally scored "positive" click here 2. universally scored "negative" click here 3.
scored differently around the world, thus "culturally contingent" click
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scored differently around the world, thus "culturally contingent" click
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scored differently around the world, thus "culturally contingent" click
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1. universally scored "positive" click here 2. universally scored "negative" click here 3.
scored differently around the world, thus "culturally contingent" click
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1. universally scored "positive" click here 2. universally scored "negative" click here 3.
scored differently around the world, thus "culturally contingent" click
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1. universally scored "positive" click here 2. universally scored "negative" click here 3.
scored differently around the world, thus "culturally contingent" click
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scored differently around the world, thus "culturally contingent" click
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scored differently around the world, thus "culturally contingent" click
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scored differently around the world, thus "culturally contingent" click
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1. universally scored "positive" click here 2. universally scored "negative" click here 3.
scored differently around the world, thus "culturally contingent" click
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1. universally scored "positive" click here 2. universally scored "negative" click here 3.
scored differently around the world, thus "culturally contingent" click
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1. universally scored "positive" click here 2. universally scored "negative" click here 3.
scored differently around the world, thus "culturally contingent" click
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Why do you
think ambition is valued in business leaders in some
cultures,
but perceived as inhibiting leadership in other cultures?
Continue on to Question B.
Middle managers
across 62 societies universally agreed that
decisiveness
contributes
to outstanding business leadership.
Continue on to Question C.
Why do you
think class-consciousness is valued in business leaders in
some cultures,
but perceived as inhibiting leadership in other cultures?
Continue on to Question D.
Why do you
think being subdued is valued in business leaders in some
cultures,
but perceived as inhibiting leadership in other cultures?
Continue on to Question E.
Middle managers
across 62 societies universally agreed that
being asocial
inhibits
outstanding business leadership.
Continue on to Question F.
Middle managers
across 62 societies universally agreed that being
administratively
skilled
contributes to outstanding business leadership.
Continue on to Question G.
Why do you
think being sensitive is valued in business leaders in some
cultures,
but perceived as inhibiting leadership in other cultures?
Continue on to Question H.
Why do you
think being cunning is valued in business leaders in some
cultures,
but perceived as inhibiting leadership in other cultures?
Continue on to Question J.
Middle managers
across 62 societies universally agreed that
being honest
contributes
to outstanding business leadership.
Continue on to Question K.
Why do you
think being a micromanager is valued in business leaders in
some cultures,
but perceived as inhibiting leadership in other cultures?
Continue on to Question L.
Why do you
think being intuitive is valued in business leaders in some
cultures,
but perceived as inhibiting leadership in other cultures?
Continue on to Question M.
Why do you
think being a provocateur is valued in business leaders in
some cultures,
but perceived as inhibiting leadership in other cultures?
The overall findings of the GLOBE project support this proposition:
Leadership is in the “eye of the beholder.” Leadership is a social label given to individuals if either (a) their personality, attributes, and behaviors sufficiently match the observer’s beliefs about leaders, or (b) the observer attributes group success or failure to the activities of perceived leaders. Robert J House et al., 2004. p. 670
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