The trait theory of leadership theorizes that personality traits inspires leader development and efficiency in an organization. The trait theory of leadership focused on investigating the mental, physical, and social characteristic of people in order to gain a better understanding of what characteristics are most common among leaders, in which the trait theories of leadership identified the specific personality traits that distinguish leaders from non-leaders. According to Colbert, A. E., Judge, T. A., Choi, D., and Wang, G. (2012), “ the majority of studies have examined the relationship between personality and leadership using self ratings of personality.” Researchers categorize these personality traits into five main factors, which are neuroticisim,
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(1969), “ The recent work of Professor Fred Fiedler, a psychologist at the University of Illinois, however, holds promise of systematizing, simplifying, and bringing some coherence into the search for a theory of leadership effectiveness.” The Fiedler’s Least Preferred Coworker Theory discusses the relationship between task oriented leaders and relationship oriented leaders and how effective their leadership can contribute to certain situations. Task oriented or low LPC score leaders concentrate on the tasks that need to be performed in order to complete specific goals or maintain certain performance standards set by the organization. Relation oriented or high LPC score leaders concentrate on the fulfillment, encouragement, and everyday welfare of their team members. Subsequently, after attentive monitoring, the two leadership styles revealed that neither one is always effective, because sometimes a task oriented leader is successful and sometimes a relation oriented leader would be more …show more content…
The autocratic leader makes decisions alone and once that decision is made, then they enforce that decision and expects the decision to be followed. The democratic leader is active in the decision making process, but allows team members to apart of the decision making process. The laissez-faire leader is barely involved in the decision making process and leaves the decision making up to the members of the team. According to Zaccaro, S. J., & Horn, Z. N. J. (2003), “ The greatest handicap of applied psychology has been the fact that, without proper theoretical help, it had to follow the costly, inefficient, and limited method of trial and error. The study of leadership as one such phenomenon was rooted in social psychology, and indeed represents a prime candidate in this discipline to exemplify Lewin's call for integration.” In Lewin’s experiments, he discovered that the most effective style of leadership was Democratic. The autocratic styles of leadership led to an uprising, while the laissez-faire approach showed that people were not consistent in their work and did not have the same enthusiasm that they did when being actively
(1969), “ The recent work of Professor Fred Fiedler, a psychologist at the University of Illinois, however, holds promise of systematizing, simplifying, and bringing some coherence into the search for a theory of leadership effectiveness.” The Fiedler’s Least Preferred Coworker Theory discusses the relationship between task oriented leaders and relationship oriented leaders and how effective their leadership can contribute to certain situations. Task oriented or low LPC score leaders concentrate on the tasks that need to be performed in order to complete specific goals or maintain certain performance standards set by the organization. Relation oriented or high LPC score leaders concentrate on the fulfillment, encouragement, and everyday welfare of their team members. Subsequently, after attentive monitoring, the two leadership styles revealed that neither one is always effective, because sometimes a task oriented leader is successful and sometimes a relation oriented leader would be more …show more content…
The autocratic leader makes decisions alone and once that decision is made, then they enforce that decision and expects the decision to be followed. The democratic leader is active in the decision making process, but allows team members to apart of the decision making process. The laissez-faire leader is barely involved in the decision making process and leaves the decision making up to the members of the team. According to Zaccaro, S. J., & Horn, Z. N. J. (2003), “ The greatest handicap of applied psychology has been the fact that, without proper theoretical help, it had to follow the costly, inefficient, and limited method of trial and error. The study of leadership as one such phenomenon was rooted in social psychology, and indeed represents a prime candidate in this discipline to exemplify Lewin's call for integration.” In Lewin’s experiments, he discovered that the most effective style of leadership was Democratic. The autocratic styles of leadership led to an uprising, while the laissez-faire approach showed that people were not consistent in their work and did not have the same enthusiasm that they did when being actively