12 Flashcards
– become leaders because they enjoy being in charge and leading others
Affective Identity Motivation
– seeking leadership positions when they perceive
that such positions will result to personal
gain
Noncalculative Motivation
become
leaders out of a sense of duty
Social-Normative Conditions –
– extraversion, openness, agreeableness,
and conscientiousness were positively related
to leader performance and that neuroticism was
negatively related
Traits
– most important when the leader is not distracted by stressful situations and when the leader uses a more directive
leadership style
Cognitive Ability
– need for power, need for achievement, and need for affiliation
Needs
– projective test which a person is shown a series of pictures and asked to tell story about what is
happening in each
Thematic Apperception Test
– the person reads
descriptions of jobs that involve varying
degrees of power, achievement, and affiliation needs and rates how desirable he finds each particular job
Job Choice Exercise
– the person reads descriptions of jobs that involve varying degrees of power, achievement, and affiliation needs and rates how desirable he finds each particular job
Job Choice Exercise
– any individual’s leadership style is effective only in certain
situations
Fiedler’s Contingency Model
– to help
people understand their leadership style
Least-Preferred Coworker Scale
individual’s leadership style is not easily
changed
Leader Match Training Program
– each leader has one of six
behavior styles:
IMPACT Theory
IMPACT
informational, magnetic,
position, affiliation, coercive, or tactical
– provides info in a climate of ignorance, where important information is missing from the group (Ignorance)
Informational Style
– leads through energy and
optimism but characterized by low morale
(Despair)
Magnetic Style
– lead by virtue of the power
inherent in that position (Instability)
Position Style
– leads by liking and caring
about others (Anxiety)
Affiliation Style
leads by controlling and
punishment (Crisis)
Coercive Style
– leads through strategy (Disorganization)
Tactical Style
a leader can adopt one of
four behavioral leadership styles to handle each
situation:
Path-goal Theory –
– calls for planning,
organizing, and controlling the activities of
employees
Instrumental Style
– shows concern for
employees
Supportive-Style