Chapter 12 Flashcards
Leadership
Both a process and a property. As a process, leadership involves the use of non-coercive influence. As a property, leadership is the set of characteristics attributed to someone who is perceived to use influence successfully
Influence
The ability to affect the perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, motivation, and/or behaviors of others
Trait Approach
The approad to leadership that attempted to identify stable and enduring character traits that differentiated effective leaders from nonleaders
Behavioral Approach
The approach to leadership tried to identify behaviors that differentiated effective leaders from nonleaders
Michigan Leadership Studies
Studies that defined job-centered and employee-centered leadership as opposite ends of a single leadership dimension
Job-Centered Leader Behavior
Involves paying close attention to the work of subordinates, explaining work procedures, and demonstrating a strong interest in performance
Employee-Centered Leader Behavior
Involves attempting to build effective work groups with high performance goals
Ohio State Leadership Studies
Studies that defined leader consideration and initiating-structure behaviors as independent dimensions of leadership
Consideration Beavior
Involves being concerned with subordinates’ feelings and respecting subordinates’ ideas
Initiating-Structure Behavior
Involves clearly defining the leader-subordinate roles so that subordinates know what is expected of them
LPC Theory of Leadership
Theory that suggests that a leader’s effectiveness depends on the situation
Least-Preferred Coworker (LPC)
A scale that presumes to measure a leader’s motivation
Path-Goal Theory of Leadership
A theory that suggests that effective leaders clarify the paths (behaviors) that will lead to desired rewards (goals)
Vroom’s Decision Tree Approach
An approach to leadership that attempts to prescribe how much participation subordinates should be allowed in making decisions
