Leadership Flashcards
an influence and goal-orriented process
Leadership
What do leaders do?
Romance of Leadership
Two-factor Model of Leadership
Leadership Substitutes Theory
The tendency to overestimate the amount of influence and control leaders exert on their groups and their group’s outcomes.
Romance of leadership
A descriptive model of leadership
Two-factor Model of Leadership
Two-factor Model of Leadership
Task Leadership
Relationship Leadership
A conceptual analysis of the factors that reduce
or eliminate the need for a leader
Leadership Substitutes Theory
Thomas Carlyle states that successful leaders possess certain.characteristics that mark them for greatness.and that such great leaders shape the course of history.
Great Leader Theory
Leo Tolstoy states that history is determined primarily by the “spirit of the times” rather than by the actions and choices of great leaders.
Zeitgeist Theory
Early leadership researchers believed that leaders possess certain personality traits that set them apart from others.
Leadership Traits
Characteristics of Leadership
Emergence
Assertiveness
Authenticity
Birth order
Character strength
Dominance
Five factors of personality
Narcissism
Self-efficacy for leadership
Self-monitoring
Social Motivation
Curvilinear. Individuals who are either low or very high in this are less likely to be identified as leaders
Assertiveness
Individuals who are more aware of their personal qualities, including their values and beliefs and exhibiting less bias when processing self-relevant information, are more likely to be accepted as leaders
Authenticity
First Born or only child, hypothesized to be more driven to seek leadership and control in social settings
Middle Child, tend to accept follower roles in groups
Children born later, tend to be rebellious and creative
Birth order
Positions in a military organization has elevated scores on a number of indicators of strength of character
Character Strengths
They describe themselves as high in their desire to control their environment, to influence other
people, and to express their opinions in a forceful ways
Dominance
Tend to be more extraverted, conscientious, emotionally stable, and open to experience
Five factors of personality
Individuals who take on leadership roles in turbulent situations, such as groups facing a threat or those in which status is determined by intense competition among rivals within the
group
Narcissism
Confidence in one’s ability to lead is associated with increases in willingness to accept a leadership role and success in that role
Self-efficacy for leadership
They are more concerned with
status-enhancement and are more likely to adapt their actions to fit the demands of the situation
Self-monitoring
Individuals who are both success-oriented and affiliation-oriented, as assessed by projective measures, are more active in group problem-solving settings and are more likely to be elected to positions of leadership in such
groups
Social Motivation
Two traits that are correlated at higher
level with leadership emergence
Conscientiousness and extraversion
The set of three socially aversive personality qualities consisted of Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy.
The Dark Triad
using manipulative tactics in dealing with other people and espouse a cynical view of human
Machiavellianism
have inflated views of their
self-worth; they tend to exaggerate their achievements, block criticism, refuse to compromise, and seek out attention and recognition from others.
Narcissism
