BU288 Study Guide - Final Guide: Transactional Leadership, Contingency Theory, Job Satisfaction
Document Summary
Leadership the influence that particular individuals exert on the goal achievement of others in an organizational context. Strategic leadership ability to anticipate, envision, strategize, be flexible and work with others to initiate changes that will create a viable future for the organization. Traits: individual characteristics such as physical attributes, intellectual ability and personality. There are some traits associated with leadership success, they are not sufficient for leadership. Having the traits makes it possible and more likely certain actions will be taken. Trait approach fails to take account the situation. What leaders do, what behaviours lead them to become leaders; leadership style. Four kinds of behaviours: consideration extent to which a leader is approachable and shows personal concern and respecet for employees. Strongly related to follower satisfaction (leader satisfaction and job satisfaction), motivation and leader effectiveness. Initiating structure the degree to which a leader concentrates on group goal attainment. Strongly related to leader job performance and group performance.
