What Was a Major Problem with the Trait Approach to Leadership

question 5

Multiple Choice

What was a major problem with the trait approach to leadership?

• A) The studies were too innovative and thus were not taken seriously at the time.
• B) The studies were too inconsistent and thus not very practical.
• C) The results were not very inspiring and thus ignored.
• D) The results were found to be too pessimistic and thus were dismissed as useless.
• E) The studies were too focused on certain leaders and thus were dismissed as irrelevant.

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Definitions:

Equal Chance

The concept that every participant or element in a given situation has the same probability of being selected or occurring.

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The action or process of closely monitoring or noticing something or someone, often to gather data or come to a conclusion.

Hypotheses

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