LEADERSHIP - PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards
Definition of leadership
the behavioural process of influencing individuals and groups towards set goals.
List three qualities of a good leader
- good communicator
- passionate
- experiance
What is an emergent leader
someone appointed by the team from within the group
What is a prescibed leader
appointed by an external authority to lead the group
Describe autocratic leadership
- authoritarian
- coach makes all or vast majority of decisions
- focused on meeting goals
Describe democratic leadership
- cooperative
- shared decison making with the group
- focused on interpersonal relationship
Defintion of Fiedler’s contingency model
based on the link between a leader’s personality or leadership style and the situational requirements of thr task
Describe task orientated leaders
+ a leader concentrates on getting the job done
+ theyre direct and authoritarian
+ used in favourable and unfavourble
Describe person orientated leaders
+ a leader focused on developing and maintaining good interpersonal relationships
+ open to suggestions
+ used in moderatively favourable.
What is the four factors that determine favourableness
- leaders level of authority
- task complexity / danger
- recources available
- quality of leaders relationship.
what model explains why leaders need to be adaptable in their appraoch
chelladurai’s multi-dimensional model of leadership
outline situational characteristics
> effective leadership will adapt to the situation. certain situations require certain styles eg half time - autocratic
outline leader characteristics
< effective leadership is related to the personality of the leader, the personality of the leader will influence wether a performer acts postively or negatively towards them.
outline member characteristics
effective leadership is related to the group eg inexperianced require autocratic
outline required leader behaviour
related to the style of leadership that is required by the paticular situation / members eg danger of task
