Leadership approaches 2.0 Flashcards
Contingency approach
Emphasis on the importance of matching a leader style with the demands of the situation
Advantages and disadvantages contingency approach
Emphasis on impact of situations
Predictive of leadership effectiveness
No explanation of link between style and behavior or how to use this theory
Four styles of leadership
S1: high directive, low supportive
S2: high directive, high supportive
S3: low directive, high supportive
S4: low directive, low supportive
Value approach
Aimed at values leaders represent
Authentic leadership
Servant leadership
Authentic leadership
Value approach
Responsive to people’s needs and values
Trustworthy, genuine and good leadership
Intra, inter and development perspective
Intrapersonal perspective authentic leadership
Focus on leader and the leaders knowledge, self-regulation and self-concept
Interpersonal perspective authentic leadership
Authentic leadership is a collective process, created by leaders and followers
Development perspective authentic leadership
Components of leadership develop over a lifetime and are triggered by major life events
Advantages disadvantages authentic leadership
Prescriptive, information how to become authentic leader
Explicit moral dimension
Process developed over time
Moral component not fully explained
Lack of evidence of effectiveness and relation to outcomes
Servant leadership
Value approach
Leader should be attentive to needs of followers, should empower them and help them develop
Characteristics servant leaders
Empathic and ethical
Able to build strong relationships
Exercise less institutional power and control
Make a choice to serve first
Empower their followers
Advantages disadvantages servant leaders
Altruism main component leadership process
Counteractive and proactive approach to the use of influence wherein leaders give up control
