BUSI 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 52: Motivation, Job Performance, Role Conflict
9 Apr 2018
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The most involved, systematic study of leadership took place at ohio state university in the 1940s. This research had employees describe their superiors along a number of behavioural dimensions. Analyses of these descriptions revealed two basic types of leadership behaviour consideration and initiating structure. Consideration is the extent to which a leader is approachable and shows personal concern for employees: the considerate leader is seen as friendly and egalitarian, expresses appreciation and support, and is protective of group welfare. Initiating structure is the degree to which a leader concentrates on group goal attainment. The structuring leader clearly defines and organizes his or her role and the roles of followers, stresses standard procedures, schedules the work to be done, and assigns employees to particular tasks. Consideration and initiating structure are not incompatible; a leader can be high, low, or average on one or both dimensions.
