Question

In a study of the nature of ethical leadership, if leaders strongly demonstrated individual traits of receptivity, listening, openness, and caring for people, these traits were found to impede their success and employees' perception of them as ethical leaders.
True
False

Answer 1

False. These traits actually help the leaders to succeed.

Explanation:

To conclude whether the given statement is true or false, we should analyse two things.

1. Meaning of impede: delay / prevent / hinder

2. Traits mentioned: Receptivity, openness, caring, listening

The above listed traits are actually expected for a good leader. So these traits will impress the team members and the leader will definitely be in the good books in those team members heart.

When we look into the entire part of the sentence, the good skills are listed along with opposing word "impede". So we can conclude that the given sentence is false.