HROB 2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Organizational Commitment, Opportunism, Trait Theory

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
• Course: HROB 2010
• Professor: Sara Mann

Document Summary

Leadership theory and practice (6th edition) chapter 4. Focuses on what leaders do and how they act. Leadership is composed of two general behaviours; task behaviours and relationship behaviours. Relationship behaviours help subordinates feel comfortable with themselves, with each other, and with the situation in which they find themselves. Analyzing how individuals act when leading a group or organization. Told to identify the number of times their leaders engaged in certain types of behaviours. Leader behaviour description questionnaire = 150 questions describing different aspects of leader behaviour. Subordinate responses clustered around two general types of leader behaviours: initiating structure and consideration. Initiating structure = essentially task behaviours (ie; organizing work, giving structure to work context, defining role responsibilities, scheduling work activities) Consideration behaviours = essentially relationship behaviours (ie; camaraderie, respect, trust, liking between leaders and followers) Special attention given to the impact of leaders" behaviours on the performance of small groups.