Suppose Your Friends Just Had a Baby

question 48

Multiple Choice

Suppose your friends just had a baby. From what you learned in personality class, in order to raise their child to have high need for Achievement you would advise your friends to

• A) involve themselves in all of the child's interests.
• B) continue giving encouragement and support in every activity of the child.
• C) not give the child rewards for personal accomplishments.
• D) find a balance between encouragement and robbing the child of initiative.

Discuss the limitations of the trait leadership approach in assessing leadership effectiveness.

Analyze the role of leadership in organizational change and the impact of whistle-blowing actions.

Distinguish between different types of followership and their impacts on leadership and organizational dynamics.

Illustrate how leadership is constructed through narratives and stories within organizations.

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Definitions:

Minority Ethnic Group

A category of people who are distinguished by physical or cultural traits, who are fewer in number compared to the majority population in a society.

Parasuicide

Any potentially lethal action against the self that does not result in death. Also called attempted suicide or failed suicide.

Shoplifting

The act of stealthily taking goods from a store without paying for them, often considered a form of petty theft.

Stubbornness

A personality trait characterized by an unwillingness to change one’s opinion or course of action despite reason to do so.