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12 Cards in this Set
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What is leadership? What are formal and informal leaders?
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Leadership is the exercise of influence by one member of a group over other members to help the group.
Formal-given authority Informal- no authority, but still exerts considerable influence |
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Trait approach to leadership effectiveness
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Shows what kind of people are effective leaders
Limitations: it is not clear what comes first, possessing trait or holding a leadership position. |
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Behavior approach to leadership effectiveness
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Focuses on what leaders do
-Consideration -Initiating structure Ignores situation |
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What is missing in the trait and behavior approaches?
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Both approaches ignore the situation
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Contingency approach to leadership
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Emphasizes importance of contextual factors (i.e. situation: ex:leader's authority, nature of work, subordinates, and environment) sheds light on why a leader might be effective in one situation and not the other
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Fielder's LPC contingency theory of leadership
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Acknowledges personal characteristics influence the effectiveness of leaders
Relationship oriented-High LPC Task-oriented-Low LPC |
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Path-goal theory of leadership
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Describes how leaders can motivate their followers to achieve group and organizational goals and the kinds of behaviors leaders can engage in to motivate others
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4 Types of leader behaviors in Path-Goal Theory
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Directive: lets subordinates know what and how to perform tasks
Supportive: lets subordinates know that their leader cares about their well being and is looking out for them Participative: enables subordinates to be involved in decisions that affect them Achievement-oriented: pushes subordinates to do their best. Set goals, expect high performance, and express confidence. |
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Transformational Leadership
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Leadership that inspires followers to trust the leader, perform behaviors that contribute to the achievement of organizational goals, and perform at high levels
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What do transformational leaders do to influence their followers?
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Are charismatic leaders- have a vision of how good things could be in contrast to how they are
Intellectually stimulate subordinates to become aware of problems and view them in a new perspective Developmental consideration for followers and provides opportunities for them to develop and grow |
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Romance perspective of leadership
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Perceptual biases can cause followers to attribute too much to leader's personal style and too little to situation
Wise for leaders to conform to the perceptions of what a successful is like |
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Leadership substitutes
Leadership neutralizers |
Something that acts in place of a formal leader and makes leadership unnecessary
Something that prevents a leader from having any influence and negates efforts. |
