MGT 323
Organization and Interpersonal Behavior
University of Nevada Reno
process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal
what is an effective leader?
content, level of evaluation, perspective
leaders inspire others, provide emotional support and try to get employees to rally around a common goal
core traits possessed by leaders
intelligence, dominance, self-confidence, level of energy, task-relevant knowledge
narcissism, machiavellianism, psychopathy
implicit leadership theory
idea that people have beliefs about how leaders should behave and what they should do for their followers
a mental representation of the traits and behaviors that people are possessed by leaders
organizes and defines what group members should be doing to maximize output
focuses clarifying employees' role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance
relationship-oriented leader behavior
enhance employees' skills and creates a positive work relationship among coworkers and between and leader and his/her employees
three relationship behaviors
consideration, empowerment, servant leadership
involves leader behavior associated with creating mutual respect or trust and focuses on a concern for group members' needs and desires
represents the extent to which a leader creates perceptions of psychological empowerment in others
great leaders act as servants, making the needs of others including employees and community their first priority
passive (laissez faire) leadership
a general failure to take responsibility for leading
there is not a single best style of leadership
a leader's effectiveness is contingent on the extent to which a leader's style fits or matches the situation
Fielder's Contingency Model
three dimensions of situational control: leader-member relations, task structure, position power
reflects the extent to which the leader has the support, loyalty and trust of the work group
is concerned with the amount of structure contained within tasks performed by the work group
refers to the degree to which the leader has formal power to reward, punish or otherwise obtain compliance from employees
A house's path goal theory
a leader's behaviors are effective when employees view them as a source of satisfaction or as paving the way to future satisfaction
transformational leadership
transform followers to pursue organizational goals over self interest, four behaviors: inspired motivation, idealized influence, individual consideration, intellectual stimulation
use of charisma, attractive vision of the future, use of emotional arguments, optimism and enthusiam
the leader will instill pride, respect and trust with employees
individualized consideration
entails behaviors associated with providing support, encouragement, empowerment and coaching to employees
involves behavior that encourage employees to question the status quo and seek innovative and creative solutions to organizational problems