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The current psychology of leadership (factors (followers relationship with…
The current psychology of leadership
factors
followers relationship with leaders
context
followers
power
transformation
situational factors
situational approach
'times theory': a group of individuals with certain needs & the individual to achieve these needs are selected by chance
that individual has certain qualities but does not mean these qualities appropriate for another situtation
so assess leaders by prevailing conditions
social
structural
so should not explain history in terms of individuals as
some individual would have met those needs
contingency approach
leadership is the match between individual and circumstances of the group
three components
character of the leader
classification of leadership in terms of theoretically relevant features
best fist between character and theoretical elements
but usually lack of strong empirical foundation
inc
least preferred co-worker
(LPC)
also
interaction is considered fixed
only the person is the subject of analysis
importance of followers
perceptual approach
leadership: 'the process of being perceived by others as the leader'
so conform to followers pre-formed leadership stereotypes
stereotype means leaders will only be effective in one area
but inflexible approach
does not reflect changing dynamics between groups
incomplete