Leadership Flashcards
Trait approach
Attempts to identify personality characteristics or interpersonal attributes that can be used to differentiate leaders from followers
Narcissism
Having a self centered perspective feelings of superiority and and a drive for personal power and glory
Machiavellianism
Entails the use of manipulation, a cynical view of human nature and a moral code that puts results over principles
Psychopathy
A lack of concern for others impulsive behavior and a lack of remorse or guilt when ones actions harm others
Implicit leadership theory
Based on idea that people have beliefs about how leaders should behave and what they should do for their followers
Leadership prototype
Mental representation of the traits and behaviors that people are possessed by leaders
Behavioral styles approach
Attempts to identify the unique behaviors displayed by effective leaders
Initiating structure
Leader behavior that organizes and defines what group members should be doing to maximize output
Transactional leadership
Clarifying employees role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance
Consideration
Involves leader behavior associated with creating mutual respect or trust and focuses on a concern for group members needs and desires
Empowering leadership
Extent to which a leader creates perceptions and psychological empowerment in others
Psychological empowerment
Reflects employees belief that they have control over their work
Servant leadership
Focuses on increased service to others rather than to oneself
Laissez-faire
Represents a general failure to take responsibility for leading
Situational theories
Propose that the effectiveness of a particular style of leader behavior depends on the situation
Contingency theory
Because it is based in the premise that a leaders effectiveness is contingent on the extent to which a leaders style fits or matches characteristics of the situation at hand
Path-goal theory
Holds that leader behaviors are effective when employees view them as a source of satisfaction or as paving the way to future satisfaction
Charisma
A form of interpersonal attraction that inspires acceptance, devotion, and enthusiasm
Transformational leaders
Transform followers to persue organizational goals over self interest
Inspirational motivation
The use of charisma, involves establishing an attractive vision of the future, the use of emotional arguments, and exhibition of optimism and enthusiasm
Individualized consideration
Entails behaviors associated with providing support, encouragement, empowerment, and coaching to employees
Intellectual stimulation
Involves behaviors that encourage employees to question the status quo and to seek innovative and creative solutions to organizational problems
Leader member exchange theory
Based on assumption that leader develop unique one-to-one relationships with each of the people reporting to them
Management
- focused more on current
- promotes stability and efficiency
- management skills
- keeps the trains running on time
Leadership
- focused more on the future
- promotes change and adaptation
- decides where the tracks should be placed
Leadership
Process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal
