Psychology 2060 Lecture : psych 2060 chapter 10 .doc

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2060
• Professor: Hayden Woodley

Document Summary

Leadership is sometimes used to refer to the emergence of leaders. Leadership is sometimes used to refer to the relative effectiveness of leadership. Most people believe leadership is related to other outcomes we are interested in. Believe that effective leadership can enhance group processes or job performance and organizational productivity and profitability. Judge whether its effective based on the success of the organization that the leader leads. Often fail to recognize that success of organizations is due to a multitude of factors. Charisma: the ability to influence others simply by strength of character; typically refers to being popular and influential and is often thought of as a personality trait. Romance of leadership : tendency to attribute organizational success to leadership. Should be cautious about attributing too much of organizational success to leadership. Lots of data linking organizational leadership to a wide range of attitudinal, behavioral, and perfor- mance outcomes.