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100

______ is the ability to enter into others’ feelings and sees through others’ perspectives

Empathy

100

As of a 2019 Harvard Business Review study, there were _____ black women leading a Fortune 500 company.

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100

Exchange, pressure, and consultation are examples of ______.

Influence tactics
100

This person recently came into question when Ticketmaster couldn't keep up with this person's concert ticket sales.

Taylor Swift

100

Name one of the two UNL mascots.

Herbie Husker

Lil' Red

200

Run a time log, identify priorities each day, set goals, use a system for planning, and establish deadlines are examples of what?

Time management techniques

200

A research survey found that which of the following is the highest reason that women aren't in top business executive positions?

A. Women are held to higher standards

B. Women don't make good managers

C. Family responsibilities don't leave enough time

A. Women are held to higher standards (43%)

200

French and Raven (1959) identified five sources of power. Name them.

Reward Power

Coercive Power

Legitimate Power

Expert Power

Referent Power

200

Wednesday is a new TV series based on a character from which other TV series?

The Addams Family

200

What is the university's president's name?

President Carter

300

Clichés, facts, opinions, feelings, and complete openness are components of what concept?

5 levels of communication

300

"If we fall into the trap of thinking of gender as _____, and those two genders as having their own distinct set of traits and characteristics, we can miss some great opportunities as leaders and team members to work with the people right in front of us." (Shassere, 2019)

binary

300

Which power is described:

The target person complies because they believe the agent has special knowledge about the best way to do something

Expert power

300
Purdue and Michigan will compete in the Big Ten Championship game in this U.S. city.

Indianapolis

300

How many colleges are at UNL?

Nine

Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education and Human Sciences, Engineering, Fine and Performing Arts, Journalism and Mass Communications, and Law

400

Proxemics is a nonverbal communication channel. Describe proxemics.

How people position themselves in conversations (closeness)

Can be affected by: culture, status, aggressiveness, gender, personal space

400

What might happen if we think of leadership traits as "men" or "women" traits?

Some examples include: creating hostile workplace, miss providing leadership opportunities, etc.

400

What are the sources of personal power?

Expert power

Referent power

400

Mauna Loa volcano reecently erupted on which group of islands?

Hawaii’s Big Island

400

Across all sports, how many national titles does UNL hold?

29

Football (5), Volleyball (5), Bowling (8), Track & Field (3), Men's Gymnastics (8)

500

List the five strategies for coping with conflict.

Avoidance, accommodation, compromise, competition, collaboration

500

Why would (or should) a leader care about using correct pronouns?

Some examples include: helps you be sure you have accurate information about another person, it's an indication that you're not judging people just based on the way they look and making assumptions about their gender beyond what you actually know about them, etc.

500

Yukl (1998) described 3 outcomes of influence attempts. Identify and describe one.

Resistance

Compliance

Commitment

500

The men's world cup is currently underway. How many teams qualify for the world cup?

32

500

UNL is a land grant university. What does that mean?

Federally focused institutions intended to focus on the teaching of practical agriculture, science, military science, and engineering

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