Leadership Traits Flashcards
(14 cards)
1
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What is a trait?
A
Distinguishing feature in character, appearance, habit or portrayalayal
2
Q
What is personality?
A
Distinctive character or qualities of a person, personal existence or identity, being a person
3
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What is a skill?
A
- Expertness, a practised ability, facility in an action
- Innate OR from being practiced
4
Q
What is a style?
A
- A kind or sort, a manner of writing, speaking or doing, a distinctive manner of a person
- More innate
5
Q
What is the history of leadership theory?
A
- Trait approach
- Up to the 40s
- Leadership ability is innate
- Style approach
- 40s-60s
- Leadership effectiveness is to do with how the leaders behaves
- Contingency approach
- 60s-80s
- It all depends; effective leadership is affected by the situation
- New leadership approach
- 80s-
- Leaders transform the way people feel about themselves
6
Q
What is the precedent for the trait approach?
A
- Traits are distinguishing characteristics of a person (warm, shy, tall, intelligent, aggressive)
- Traits include individual attributes, skills and values. Not equally present in all people
- Some people are marked for subjugation, others for rule (Aristotle)
- Traits are linked to one’s personality and are intimately connected to biological characteristics (height, energy levels, intelligence)
7
Q
What are the traits of effective leaders?
A
- Integrity
- Flexibility
- Sensitivity to others
- Intelligence
- Stability
- Self-confidence
- Dominance
- High energy
- Locus of control
8
Q
What are the personality traits
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- Conscientiousness
- Agreeableness
- Neuroticism
- Openness to Experience
- Extroversion
9
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What is key about the trait approach?
A
- Trait approach does not account for situational variances
10
Q
What is conscientiousness to leadership?
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- Careful, dependable
- Leadership Emergence: Positively related
- Leadership Effectiveness: No significant effect
11
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What is agreeableness to leadership?
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- Courteous, caring
- Leadership Emergence: Negatively related
- Leadership Effectiveness: No significant effect
12
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What is neuroticism to leadership?
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- Anxious, hostile
- Leadership Emergence: No significant effect
- Leadership Effectiveness: No significant effect
13
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What is openness to experience to leadership?
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- Sensitive, flexible
- Leadership Emergence: Positively related
- Leadership Effectiveness: Positively related
14
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What is extroversion to leadership?
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- Outgoing, talkative
- Leadership Emergence: Positively related
- Leadership Effectiveness: Positively related
