Chapter 12 - Leadership Flashcards
Trait theories of leadership
Focus on personal qualities, including personality traits like those in the Big Five, and characteristics that predict two outcome: leadership emergence and leaderships effectiveness
Behavioural theories of leadership
Theories proposing that specific behaviour differentiate leaders from non-leaders
What are the two main dimensions that account for most of the leadership behaviour
Initiating structure
Consideration
Initiating structure
The extent to which a leader is likely to define and structure their role and those of employees in the search for goal attainment
Consideration
The extent to which a person’s job relationships are characterised by mutual trust, respect for employees’ ideas, and regard for their feelings
Fiedler contingency model
Proposes that group performance depends on the proper match between the leader’s style and the degree to which the situation gives the leader control
Least preferred co-worker (LPC) questionnaire
Identifies whether a person is task orientated or relationship oriented
How is the LPC made?
By asking respondents to think of all the co-workers they ever had and describe the one they least enjoyed working with
High LPC
A person is relationship orientated
The types of situations in terms of the contingency or situational dimensions
Leader member relations
Task structure
Position power
Leader member relations
The degree of confidence, trust, and respect members have in their leader
Task structure
The degree to which the job assignments are procedurised
Position power
The degree of influence a leader has overpower variables such as hiring, firing, discipline, promotions, and salary increases
Situational leaderships theory (SLT)
Says successful leadership depends on selecting the right leadership style contingent on the followers’ readiness, the extent to which followers are willing and able to accomplish a specific task
Path goal theory
A theory that states that it is the leader’s job to assist followers in attaining their goals and to provide the necessary direction and support to ensure that their goals are compatible with the overall objectives of the group or organisation
