Introduction
Chapter 1
LEADERSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE SIXTH EDITION
Overview
Importance of Leadership
Leadership Defined
- Ways of conceptualizing leadership
- Definition and components
Leadership Described
- Trait vs. process
- Assigned vs. emergent
- Leadership and power
- Leadership and coercion
- Leadership and management
LEADERSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE SIXTH EDITION
The Evolution of Leadership Definitions
1900-1929 – Control and centralization of power
1930s – Trait approach
1940s – Group approach
1950s – Group theory, shared goals, and
effectiveness
1960s – Leadership as behavior
1970s – Organizational behavior
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The Evolution of Leadership Definitions
1980s – Explosion of research
- Leader’s will
- Influence
- Traits
- Transformation
21st century – Complexity of leadership
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Conceptualizing Leadership
Some definitions view leadership as:
The focus of group processes
A personality perspective
An act or behavior
The power relationship between leaders
& followers
A transformational process
A skills perspective
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Leadership Defined
Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.
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Components Central to the Phenomenon of
Leadership
Leadershi p Is a process
Leaders
And followers are involved together
Occurs within a
And followers need each other Attends to
Often initiate and maintain the relationship
Are not above or better than followers
Involves influence
group context
common goals
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Leadership Described
Trait vs. Process Leadership
Assigned vs. Emergent Leadership
Leadership and Power
Leadership and Coercion
Leadership and Management
LEADERSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE SIXTH EDITION
Trait vs. Process Leadership
Certain individuals
have special innate characteristics or qualities that differentiate them from nonleaders.
Resides in select
people
Restricted to those with inborn talent
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Trait vs. Process Leadership
Leadership is a
property or set of properties possessed in varying degrees by different people
(Jago, 1982).
Observed in
leadership behaviors
Can be learned
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Assigned vs. Emergent Leadership
Assigned
Leadership based
on occupying a position within an organization Team leaders
Plant managers
Department
heads
Directors
Emergent
An individual perceived by others as the most influential member of a group or organization regardless of the individual’s title
Emerges over time through
communication behaviors
• Verbal involvement
• Being informed
• Seeking others’ opinions
• Being firm but not rigid
Affected by personality and gender
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Leadership & Power
Power
Bases of Social Power
French & Raven (1959)
The capacity or
potential to influence.
Ability to affect
others’ beliefs, attitudes, & actions
Power is a