The Basic Premise of the Early Trait Approach to Leadership

question 98

Multiple Choice

The basic premise of the early trait approach to leadership was that

• A) leadership traits depended on the situation.
• B) unique leadership traits could be identified, and used to select leaders.
• C) traits could be used to predict appropriate management styles.
• D) traits were far less important than activities.
• E) traits were relatively volatile characteristics of individuals.

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