IO LEADERSHIP

Cards (34)

  • LEADER EMERGENCE
    The idea that people who become leaders possess traits or characteristics different from people who do not become leaders
  • Affective Identity Motivation
    The motivation to lead as a result of a desire to be in charge and lead others.
  • Non-Calculative Motivation
    Those who seek leadership positions
    because they will result in personal
    gain.
  • Social-Normative Motivation
    The desire to lead out of a sense of
    duty or responsibility
  • Leader Performance
    The idea that leaders who perform well possess certain characteristics that poorly performing leaders do not.
  • Meta-analyses suggest that men and women are
    equally effective as leaders, though their
    effectiveness varies by context. Men tend to be more
    effective in traditionally masculine settings with
    predominantly male subordinates, while women
    excel in less masculine contexts. Additionally,
    women are more likely to adopt behaviors linked to
    high-quality leadership.
  • Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

    A projective personality test in which
    test takers are shown pictures and
    asked to tell stories. It is designed to
    measure various need levels.
  • Job Choice Exercise (JCE)

    An objective test wherein the test taker reads descriptions of jobs that involve varying degrees of power, achievement, and affiliation needs and rates how desirable he finds each particular job
  • Three Main Causes of Poor Leadership Behavior
    Lack of Training
    Cognitive Defieciencies
    Personality
  • Three Specific Personality Types
    Paranoid or Passive Aggressive
    High Likability Floathe
    Narcissist
  • PARANOID OR PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE
    These leaders may seem pleasant and give compliments but they
    secretly resent others’ success.
  • HIGH-LIKABILITY FLOATE
    These leaders are friendly and avoid
    conflict at all costs. They prefer to go along with others rather than standing up for their team’s needs.
  • NARCISSIST
    Narcissistic leaders cover their insecurity with overconfidence.
    They crave attention, seek praise, and take credit for successes while avoiding blame for any failure
  • Six Behavioral Styles and in Their Climates 

    Informational Style
    Magnetic Style
    Position Style
    Affiliation Style
    Coercive Style
    Tactical Style
  • Four Behavioral Leadership Styles 

    Instrumental Style
    Supportive Style
    Participative Style
    Achievement Oriented Style
  • SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY
    BY HERSEY AND BLANCHARD
    A theory of leadership stating that
    effective leaders must adapt their style of leadership to fit both the situation and the followers.
  • Dansereau and his colleagues believed that
    subordinates fall into one of two groups:
    1.The in-group
    In-Group members tend to have high-quality exchanges with the leader, characterized by trust, respect, and mutual support.
    2. The out-group
    Out-Group members typically have lower-quality exchanges, which may be limited to basic, task-related interactions with fewer resources or
    support.
  • Expert Power
    Power that individuals have
    because they have knowledge
  • Legitimate Power
    The power that individuals have
    because of their elected or
    appointed position
  • Reward Power
    Leadership power that exist to the extent that the leader has the ability to and authority to provide rewards
  • Coercive Power
    The power to punish others
  • Referent Power
    The power that exist when
    followers can identify with the
    leader and the leader’s goals
  • Transformational leaders are labeled as Charismatic, Visionary, and Inspirational.
  • Transactional Leadership
    Leadership where the
    leader focuses on the task-oriented behaviors
    THREE DIMENSIONS
    Contingent reward - Followers are
    rewarded by the leaders for engaging in a desired activity
    Management by exception-active- Leaders
    actively monitor performance and take corrective action when needed.
    Management by exception-passive-
    Opposite of management by exception- active and leader only take action when problems are serious
  • PATH-GOAL THEORY
    A theory of leadership stating that
    leaders will be effective if their behavior helps subordinates achieve relevant goals
  • Informational style
    A style of leadership in which
    the leader leads through
    knowledge and information.
    The leader in this style provides
    information in a climate of
    ignorance (organizational
    climate wherein information is
    not available).
  • Magnetic style
    A leader leads in this style
    through energy and optimism.
    A style of leadership in which
    the leader has influence
    because of his or her
    charismatic personality
  • Position style
    Leader who leads by this style
    uses virtue of the power inherent in that position.
  • Affiliation style
    A person who leads by this style
    uses liking and caring about
    others in order to lead, similar
    to a one person oriented leader.
  • Coercive style
    A person who uses this style
    leads by controlling rewards
    and punishment most effective
    in climates of crisis.
  • Tactical style
    A tactical style leader which
    leads through the use of
    strategy and is most effective in
    a climate of disorganization
  • Impact Theory
    Developed by Geier Downey, and Johnson (1980) who believed that each leader had one of the six behavioral styles and each one of these leadership styles will be only effective in one of six organizational climate
  • LEAST-PREFERRED COWORKER (LPC)
    SCALE
    A test used in conjunction with Fiedler’s contingency model to reveal leadership style and effectiveness.
  • Situational theory by Fred Fiedler
    The best-known and most controversial situational
    theory was developed by Fred Fiedler in the mid-1960. Fiedler believed that an individual’s leadership style is the result of a lifetime of experiences and is extremely
    difficult to change.