ch 12 leading people within organizations Flashcards
leadership
the act of influencing others to work towards a goal
leaders do not rely on the use of force to influence people, instead people willingly adopt the leader’s goal as their own
formal leaders
hold a position of authority and may utilize the power that comes from their position as well as their personal power to influence others
informal leaders
without formal positions of authority within the organization but demonstrate leadership by influencing others through personal forms of power
general traits of leaders
intelligent
high self-esteem
integrity
extraversion
conscientious
open to experience
two broad categories of behavior
task-oriented (initiating structure)
people-oriented (consideration)
task-oriented leader behaviors
involve structuring the roles of subordinates, providing them with instructions, and behaving in ways that will increase the performance of the group
directives given to employees to get things done and to ensure that organizational goals are met
people-oriented leader behaviors
showing concern for employee feelings and treating employees with respect
authoritarian decision making
leaders make the decision alone without necessarily involving employees in the decision-making process
democratic decision making
employees participate in the making of the decision
lais-sez-faire decision making
leave employees along to make the decision
Fielder’s contingency theory
a leader’s style is measure by a scale called Least Preferred Coworker scale (LPC)
situational leadership theory
leaders must use different leadership styles depending on their followers’ development level
path-goal theory of leadership
based on the expectancy theory of motivation - employees are motivated when they believe or expect that their effort will lead to high performance, their high performance will be rewarded, and the rewards they will receive are valuable to them
leader’s main job is to make sure that all three of these conditions are met
four leadership styles
directive
supportive
participative
achievement-oriented
directive leaders
provide specific directions to their employees