1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Leadership
Leadership is a process comprised of authorities and responsibilities and pursued by a person to govern an organization and help create better leaders in the organization. Mullins (2013) wrote that leadership is a relationship through which one person influences the behavior or actions of other people. Figure 1: Leadership definition (Source: limkokwingmba.wordpress.com)
Leadership is the human factor that binds a group and enables and motivates to seek defined objectives enthusiastically (Newstorm & Davis 1997). Leadership is classified under five different types as below.
Sr. No Type of Leadership Description
1 Laissez-Faire Leadership The Leader doesn’t directly supervise employees hindering direct feedback …show more content…
Existence needs are materialistic and physiological desires like food, shelter, clothing, safety, and affection – similar to Maslow’s first two levels. Job security amongst the subordinates fulfills these needs.
Relatedness needs are social and external esteems. An employee wants recognition and security as part of family and society (Ellemers, De Gilder, & Haslam 2004). These needs are same as Maslow's third and fourth levels. A leader infuses competitiveness at this stage.
Growth Needs relate to esteem and self-actualization. These needs comprise of position, creativity, authority and work satisfaction. Once the first two needs are satisfied, an employee achieves goals and in turn starts motivating to his subordinates.
2.2.2 Goal-Setting Theory
This theory, introduced by Edwin Locke in 1960, is about goals and its acceptance by the employee. Every employee should have motivational goal, accepted by leaders, with dimensions like specialty, clarity, challenge, commitment, feedback and complexity. Once the goal is achieved the employee gets satisfaction throughout the process improving his behavioral aspects and benefitting leader, team and organization simultaneously (Blumberg & Pringle …show more content…
Passionate and inspiring leaders always prefer to motivate teammates to achieve future goals.
2.4 Ethical leadership is a key to success
“Ethical leadership is all about ethical behavior, integrity and trust and their linkage to the values and beliefs of the employees” (Mullins 2013). Management defines motivational strategy to improve organization wellness under ethical constraints. Ethics and self-integrity are important assets because they improves company’s reputation on moral and collaborative grounds (Kirkpatick & Locke 1991).
2.5 Motivational traits If leader fails to understand motivational traits then organization faces long term negative phases. Leaders with autocratic perspective can never motivate leading to failure of an organization.
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1.1 Leadership
Leadership is a process comprised of authorities and responsibilities and pursued by a person to govern an organization and help create better leaders in the organization. Mullins (2013) wrote that leadership is a relationship through which one person influences the behavior or actions of other people. Figure 1: Leadership definition (Source: limkokwingmba.wordpress.com)
Leadership is the human factor that binds a group and enables and motivates to seek defined objectives enthusiastically (Newstorm & Davis 1997). Leadership is classified under five different types as below.
Sr. No Type of Leadership Description
1 Laissez-Faire Leadership The Leader doesn’t directly supervise employees hindering direct feedback …show more content…
Existence needs are materialistic and physiological desires like food, shelter, clothing, safety, and affection – similar to Maslow’s first two levels. Job security amongst the subordinates fulfills these needs.
Relatedness needs are social and external esteems. An employee wants recognition and security as part of family and society (Ellemers, De Gilder, & Haslam 2004). These needs are same as Maslow's third and fourth levels. A leader infuses competitiveness at this stage.
Growth Needs relate to esteem and self-actualization. These needs comprise of position, creativity, authority and work satisfaction. Once the first two needs are satisfied, an employee achieves goals and in turn starts motivating to his subordinates.
2.2.2 Goal-Setting Theory
This theory, introduced by Edwin Locke in 1960, is about goals and its acceptance by the employee. Every employee should have motivational goal, accepted by leaders, with dimensions like specialty, clarity, challenge, commitment, feedback and complexity. Once the goal is achieved the employee gets satisfaction throughout the process improving his behavioral aspects and benefitting leader, team and organization simultaneously (Blumberg & Pringle …show more content…
Passionate and inspiring leaders always prefer to motivate teammates to achieve future goals.
2.4 Ethical leadership is a key to success
“Ethical leadership is all about ethical behavior, integrity and trust and their linkage to the values and beliefs of the employees” (Mullins 2013). Management defines motivational strategy to improve organization wellness under ethical constraints. Ethics and self-integrity are important assets because they improves company’s reputation on moral and collaborative grounds (Kirkpatick & Locke 1991).
2.5 Motivational traits If leader fails to understand motivational traits then organization faces long term negative phases. Leaders with autocratic perspective can never motivate leading to failure of an organization.
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