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Leadership and Trust
Modern views of leadership
Transformational leaders
Leaders who stimulate and inspire followers to achieve extraordinary outcomes
Charismatic leaders
Enthusiastic,self-confident leaders whose personalities and actions influence people to behave in certain ways
Transactional leaders
Leaders who lead primarily by using social exchanges
Visionary leaders
Leaders who is able to create and articulate a realistic,credible,and attractive vision of the future
Team leaders
Priorities
Manage the team's external boundary
Facilitate the team process
Leader roles
Conflict manager
Coach
Trouble-shooter
Liaison with external constituencies
Issues
National culture
Emotional intelligence
Employee empowerment
4 Major contingency leadership theories
Situational leadership theory
Description
A leadership contingency theory that focuses on followers' readiness
Leadership styles
Telling
High task-low relationship
The leader defines roles and tells people what,how,when,and where to do various tasks
Selling
High task-high relationship
The leader provides both directive and supportive behavior
Participating
Low task-high relationship
The leader and followers share in decision making;the main role of the leader is facilitating and communicating
Delegating
Low task-low relationship
The leader provides little direction or support
Stages of readiness
Unable but willing
Use selling style
Able but unwilling
Use participative style
Unable and unwilling
Use telling style
Able and willing
Use delegating style
Leader-participation model
Description
A leadership contingency theory that's based on a sequential set of rules for determining how much participation a leader uses in decision making according to different types of situations
5 Alternative leadership styles
7 Contingencies
Contingency variables
Importance of obtaining follower commitment to the decision
Whether the leader has sufficient information to make a good decision
Importance of the decision
How well structured the problem is
Whether an autocratic decision would receive follower commitment
Whether followers "buy into" the organization's goals
Whether there is likely to be conflict among followers over solution alternatives
Whether followers have the necessary information to make a good decision
Time constraints on the leader that may limit follower involvement
Whether costs to bring geographically dispersed members together are justified
Importance to the leader of minimizing the time it takes to make the decision
Importance of using participation as a tool for developing follower decision skills
Fiedler contingency model
Description
Leadership theory proposing that effective group performance depends on the proper match between a leader's style and the degree to which the situation allowed the leader to control and influence
Different types of situations
Define those leadership styles and the different types of situations,and then
Identify the appropriate combinations of style and situation
Contingency dimensions
Task structure
The degree to which job assignments were formalized and structured;rated as either high or low
Position power
The degree of influence a leader had over activities such as hiring,firing,discipline,promotions,and salary increases;rated as either strong or weak
Leader-member relations
The degree of confidence,trust,and respect employees had for their leader;rated as either good or poor
Path-goal theory
Description
A leadership theory that says the leader's job is to assist followers in attaining their goals and to provide direction or support needed to ensure that their goals are compatible with the organization's or group's goals
Leadership behaviors
Supportive leader
Participative leader
Directive leader
Achievement-oriented leader
Environmental contingency factors
Formal authority system
Work group
Task structure
Outcomes
Performance
Satisfaction
Employee contingency factors
Experience
Perceived ability
Locus of control
Leadership
Leadership
The process of leading a group and influencing that group to achieve its goals
Leader
Someone who can influence others and who has managerial authority
Early leadership theories
The leader
Traits Associated with leadership
Honesty and integrity
Self-confidence
Desire to lead
Intelligence
Drive
Job-relevant knowledge
Extraversion
Proneness to guilt
Trait theories of leadership
Theories that isolate characteristics that differentiate leaders from nonleaders
Now
Possessing the appropriate traits only made it more likely that an individual would an effective leader.
The behaviors
Ohio state
Consideration
Being considerate of followers' ideas and feelings
Initiating structure
Structuring work and work relationships to meet job goals
Conclusion
High-high leader achieved high subordinate performance and satisfaction,but not in all situations
University of michigan
Employee oriented
Emphasized interpersonal relationships and taking care of employees' needs
Production oriented
Emphasized technical or task aspects of job
Conclusion
Employee-oriented leaders were associated with high group productivity and higher job satisfaction
University of iowa
Democratic style
Involving subordinates,delegating authority,and encouraging participation
Autocratic style
Dictating work methods,centralizing decision making,and limiting participation
Laissez-faire style
Giving group freedom to make decisions and complete work
Conclusion
Democratic style of leadership was most effective,although later studies showed mixed results
Managerial grid
Concern for production
Measured leader's concern for getting job done on a scale 1 to 9
Conclusion
Leaders performed best with a 9
Concern for people
Measured leader's concern for subordinates on a scale of 1 to 9
Trust as the essence of leadership
5 Dimensions
Competence
Technical and interpersonal knowledge ad skills
Consistency
Reliability,predictability,and good judgment in handing situations
Integrity
Honesty and truthfulness
Loyalty
Willingness to protect a person,physically and emotionally
Openness
Willingness to share ideas and information freely
Suggestions for building trust
Tell the truth
Be consistent
Speak your feelings
Fulfill your promises
Maintain confidences
Be fair
Practice openness
Demonstrate confidence