Leadership Flashcards
Leadership
A process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal
Leaders VS Managers
Leaders: inspire and influence
Managers: organize & control
Leadership Traits: Dark Triad
Narcissism, Machiavellians, Psychopathy
Narcissism
Self-centered perspective, feeling of superiority, and a drive for personal power and glory
Machiavellians
the use of manipulation, cynical view of human nature, moral code that puts results over principles
Psychopathy
characterized by a lack of concern for others, impulsive behavior, and a lack of remorse or guilt of your actions that harm others
Implicit Leadership Theory
Proposes that people have beliefs about how leaders should behave and what they should do for their followers
leadership prototype
a mental representation of the traits and behaviors people believe that leaders have
behavioral styles approaches
attempts to identify the unique behaviors displayed by effective leaders: initiating structure and transactional leaders
initiating structure
leader behavior that organizes and defines what group members should be doing to maximize output
transactional leadership
focuses on clarifying employees’ role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance
4 relationship-orientated leader behavior
- consideration
- empowerment
- servent-leadership
- ethical leadership
consideration
behavior that created mutual respect and trust that prioritizes group members needs and desires
empowerment
belief that they have control over their work, supposed to drive intrinsic motivation
ethical leadership
represents leaders ability to create perceptions of psychological empowerment in others
Fielder’s Contingency Model
the leader’s style matches the situation at hand which result in the leader’s effectiveness
3 Dimensions of Situational Control
Leader-Member Relations
Task Structure
Position Power
Leader-Member Relations
describe the extent to which the leader has support, loyalty, and the trust of the group
Task Structure
measures the amount of structure contained within tasks performed by the group
Position Power
the leader’s formal power to reward, punish, or otherwise obtain compliance from employees
task oriented leadership
most effecitve in high and low control situations
relationship oriented leadership
most effective in moderate control situations
House’s Path-Goal Theory
leader behaviors are effective when employees view them as a source of satisfaction
Transformational Leadership
transform their followers to pursue organizational goals over self-interest