ch. 9 leadership Flashcards
leadership def
leadership occurs when particular individual exert influence on the goal achievement of others in organizational context
strategic leadership
refers to a leader’s ability to anticipate, envision, maintain flexibility, thrink strategically…
shared leadership
emergent and dynamic team phenomenon wherby leadership roles and influence are distributed among team members
trait leadership theory
thinking that leadership depends on the personal qualities/traits of the leader
traits def
personal characteristics of individuals such as physical characteristics, intellectual ability, personality
leadership categorization theory
people are more likely to view somebody as a leader and to evaluate them as a more effective leader when they possess prototypical characteristics of leadership
limits to trait leadership theory
-difficult to determine wether traits make the leader or wether the opportunity for a leadership produces those traits
- does not tell us what leaders do to influence others sucessfully
- leaders behaviours have a greater impact on a leadership effectiveness than leader traits
2 important leader behaviours
1) consideration: the extent to which a leader is approachable and shows personal concern and respect for employees
- considerate: friendly, egalitarian, expression appreciation, support, protective welfare
2) intiating structure: the degree to which a leader concentrates on group goal attainement
- structuring leaders: clearly defines/organizes his roles + follower’s , stresses standards procedures, schedules the work….
- the effect of consideration + initiating structure depend on characteristics of the task and employee, the setting in which the work is performed
depends on :
- the characteristic of the task
- ’’ employee
- ’’ setting
House’s path-goal theory
- is concerned with four specific kind of leadership behaviours
1) directive (initiating structure)
2) supportive (consideration)
3) participative
4) achievement-oriented
path goal theory schema
Leader behaviours: directive, supportive, particpative, achievement oriented
Situational factors: employee caharacteristics, environmental factors
employee outcomes: job satisfaction, acceptance of the leader, effort
participative leadership
- involving employees in making work-related decisions
- leaders can vary the extent to which they involve employees in decision making
- from obtaining employee opinions before deciding to allowing employees to make their own decision withing agreed-on limits
advantages: motivation, quality, acceptance
Leader Member Exchange Theory
- a theory of leadership that focuses on the relationships that develops between a leader and an employee
- social exchange relationship based approach to leaderhsip
- results occurs whenleaders and employees develop and maintain high-quality social exchange relationships
- the basis for the effects of LMX on employees is social exchange theory and the norm of reciprocity=> extra effort + higher commitment and performance
LMX differentation
the variability in the quality of LMX relationships between members of the same work group
social exchange theory
Individuals who are treated favourably by other feels obligated to reciprocate by responding positively and returning that favourable treatment in some manner
consequences of LMX
- higher quality LMX lead to higher self-efficacy, more positive work attitudes, higher -OCB, job performance, creativity and career outcomes
- primarily due to trust
it results in positive outcomes for the leaders, employees and org.
