• Discuss the traditional theories of leadership, including the trait, group and exchange, contingency, and path-goal approaches.. • Identify modern theoretical processes for leadershi
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Effective Leadership
Processes
Chapter Thirteen
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• Define leadership.
• Present the background and classic studies of
leadership
• Discuss the traditional theories of leadership,
including the trait, group and exchange,
contingency, and path-goal approaches.
• Identify modern theoretical processes for leadership,
such as charismatic, transformational, social
cognitive, substitutes, and now authentic leadership.
• Examine leadership across cultures giving special
attention to the GLOBE project.
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most of the other areas of organizational behavior
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• Has been controversial in terms of its
definition
– Leadership does remain pretty much of a
“black box,” or unexplainable concept
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Continued
• Characteristics of managers versus leaders
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Leadership
• Iowa leadership studies
– Designed primarily to examine patterns of
aggressive behavior
• Ohio State leadership studies
– Started with the premise that no satisfactory
definition of leadership existed
• Early Michigan leadership studies
– Studies of leadership
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• Trait theories of leadership
– Five-factor model: “Big Five” personality traits
• From traits to states and skills
development
– Focused on skill development besides traits
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Continued
• Group and exchange theories of
leadership
– Followers’ impact on leaders
– Leader-member exchange (LMX) model
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Continued
• Contingency theory of leadership
– Fielder’s contingency model of leadership
effectiveness
• Leader-member relationship
• Degree of task structure
• Leader’s position power
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Continued
– Fielder’s contingency model of leadership
effectiveness (continued)
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Continued
• Contingency theory of leadership (continued)
– Research support for the contingency model
• Methodologically sound validation studies have on
the whole provided substantial support for the theory
– Fielder’s contingency theory in perspective
• First highly visible leadership theory
• Emphasized the importance of both the situation
and characteristics
• Stimulated a great deal of research
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Continued
• Path-goal leadership theory (continued)
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Leadership
• Charismatic leadership theories
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Leadership Continued
• Transformational leadership theory
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Leadership Continued
• Social cognitive approach
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Leadership Continued
• Authentic leadership
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Leadership Continued
• Project GLOBE and the future of
international leadership studies (continued)
– Six leader attributes
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