Week 7 Leadership Flashcards
Concept of leaderhsip
- No leader without followers (it’s about relationship between leaders and followers)
- Help to define collective goals
- Not about power over others
Great person theory
People used to think that a great leader needs to be tall, man, good-looking etc…
What does lead to income growth from a CEO
- Personality
- Agreeableness (for team cohesion)
- Openness (risk-taking)
Personality theory leaderhip
Leaders are born
The most effective leaders are open to experience and extraverted
Behavioural thory 3 main leadership style
- Autocratic leaders: self oriented and give order
- Democratic leader: task-oriented and consult others
- Laissez-faire: play oriented and happy to go with the flow
Group atmosphere autocratic leader
Poor like for leader
aggresive and dependent leader
Group atmosphere democratic
high liking for leader
friendly and group centred
Group atmosphere laissez-faire
poor linking for leader
friendly and group centered
Productivity autocratic
high when leader present
low when leader absent
Productivity democratic
relatively high
Productivity laissez-faire
low (increase in absence of leader)
Limit behavioural theories leaderhsip
- Democratic works well in non stressful situations
- Autocratic works well in crisis or high stress situation
- Laissez-faire better when group motivated and self-directed
Leader-Member Exchange theory
Based on the exchange of material goods (bonus) and immaterial goods (respect)
LMX Followers
Can be perceived as
- Close and valued members (high quality relationship)
- Normal members (poor relationship
LMX High-quality relationships
- -> Subordinates are favoured and recive benefits (material or immaterial)
- Managers give autonomy and responsibility
- Subordinates internalise group goals
