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22 Cards in this Set
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Intelligence as a leader
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people who have high mental abilities
are more likely to be viewed as leaders in their environment In addition to having a high IQ, effective leaders tend to have high emotional intelligence (EQ). |
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Extraverts as leaders
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Because they are both
dominant and sociable in their environment, they emerge as leaders in a wide variety of situations Out of all personality traits, extraversion has the strongest relationship with both leader emergence and leader effectiveness |
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conscientiousness as a leader
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Conscientious people are organized,
take initiative, and demonstrate persistence in their endeavors. Conscientious people are more likely to emerge as leaders and be effective in that role |
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openness to experience
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those who demonstrate
originality, creativity, and are open to trying new things— tend to emerge as leaders and also be quite effective |
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Self-Esteem
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The degree
to which a person is at peace with oneself and has an overall positive assessment of one’s self worth and capabilities seem to be relevant to whether someone is viewed as a leader |
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Integrity as a leader
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Research also shows that people who are effective as
leaders tend to have a moral compass and demonstrate honesty and integrity |
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Key Traits Associated With Leadership
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Intliigence
Extraversion Conscientious Open to Experience Self Esteem Integrity |
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Taskoriented
leader behaviors |
involve structuring the roles of
subordinates, providing them with instructions, and behaving in ways that will increase the performance of the group. are directives given to employees to get things done and to ensure that organizational goals are met |
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People-oriented leader behaviors
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include showing concern for employee feelings and
treating employees with respect genuinely care about the well-being of their employees, and they demonstrate their concern in their actions and decisions |
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Three types of decision-making
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authoritarian decision making
democratic laissezfaire decision making |
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authoritarian decision making
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leaders make the decision alone without necessarily involving
employees in the decision-making process |
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democratic decision making
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employees participate in the
making of the decision |
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laissezfaire decision making
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leave employees alone to make the
decision |
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Limitations of Behavioral Approaches
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fell out
of favor because they neglected the environment in which behaviors are demonstrated it may be unrealistic to expect that a given set of behaviors would work under all circumstances. |
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contingency approach to leadership
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rather than trying to identify
traits or behaviors that would be effective under all conditions, the attention moved toward specifying the situations under which different styles would be effective |
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Path-Goal Theory of Leadership
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is based on the expectancy theory of motivation
suggests that employees are motivated when they believe—or expect—that (a) their effort will lead to high performance, (b) their high performance will be rewarded, and (c) the rewards they will receive are valuable to them the leader’s main job is to make sure that all three of these conditions exist. |
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Vroom and Yetton’s Normative Decision
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help leaders determine how much
involvement they should seek when making decisions |
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Transformational Leadership
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lead employees by aligning employee goals with the leader’s goals
Thus, employees working for transformational leaders start focusing on the company’s well-being rather than on what is best for them as individual employees |
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Charisma
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Charisma refers
to behaviors leaders demonstrate that create confidence in, commitment to, and admiration for the leader. "Magnetic" |
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Transformational leaders have four tools
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Charisma
inspirational motivation intellectual stimulation individualized consideration |
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transactional leaders Three tools
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Contingent rewards
Active management Passive management |
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Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory
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proposes that the
type of relationship leaders have with their followers (members of the organization) is the key to understanding how leaders influence employees |
