LEADERSHIP AND MOTIVATION Flashcards
Formal leadership is?
based on the authority inherent in a position.
What are then 7 Leadership Qualities?
1-Integrity, ethics, and self-knowledge 2-Vision and understanding 3-Communication skills 4-Openness to change 5-Decisiveness and commitment 6-Positive attitude 7-Concern for other people
Informal leadership is?
In most groups, there are people who will step up to the plate and guide group activities.
A distinction is often made between?
intrinsic rewards, like praise or personal satisfaction, and extrinsic rewards, like money and job status
Hawthorne studieswere focused on?
the ways in which specific working conditions (lighting, wall colors, sound levels, and so on) impacted worker productivity.
Hawthorne effect,can be summarized quite simply:
Worker productivity increases when workers are the focus of attention. Performance tends to shine when a worker knows he or she is being observed.
job-related motivational factors include?
such as sense of achievement, pay, job,security, and working conditions.
The best way to motivate employees is?
to make jobs interesting while recognizing achievement and helping workers reach their personal objectives, such as advancement
Reinforcement theory comes from?
from behavioral psychology. It assumes that reinforcing(rewarding) desired behaviors should be accompanied by either punishingor not reinforcing undesired behaviors