COMMERCE 1BA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sheryl Sandberg, Assertiveness, Social Exchange Theory
23 Mar 2018
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Leadership has a strong effect on an organizations strategy, success, and very. Informal leadership influence others: individuals might also emerge to occupy informal leadership roles, they do not have formal authority, they must rely on being well liked or being perceived as highly skilled to exert influence. Leadership depends on the personal qualities or traits of the leader. Assumption that those who become great leaders possess a spe4cial set of traits that distinguish them from the masses of followers. The trait approach is not the best means of understanding and improving leadership. Traits alone are not sufficient for successful leadership. Traits are only a precondition for actions that a leader must take in order to be successful. Leader behaviors have a greater impact on leadership effectiveness than leader traits. The most systematic study of leadership took place at ohio state university in the (cid:883)94(cid:882)"s: consideration, initiating structure. The results revealed two basic kinds of behavior (two independent dimensions)
