PSYC 2070 Chapter 6: Chapter 6 text notes
11 Oct 2018
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Leadership (as process): involves the use of noncoercive influence. Leadership (as properly): (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272)s attri(cid:271)uted to so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:449)ho"s per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)ed to use i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e su(cid:272)(cid:272)essfull(cid:455) Influence: ability to affect the perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, motivation, and behaviour of others. Trait approach (leadership): attempted to identify stable and enduring character traits that differentiated effective leaders rom non leaders. Behavioural approach (to leadership): identify behaviours that differentiated effective leaders from non leaders. Job-centered leader behaviour: paying close attention to work of subordinates explaining work procedures and demonstrating a strong interest in performance. Employee-centred leader behaviour: involves attempting to build effective work groups with high performance goals. Consideration behaviour: involves being concerned with subordinates feelings and respecting subordinates ideas. Initiating structure behaviour: involves clearly defining leader-subordinate roles so that subordinates know (cid:449)hat"s e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)ted of the(cid:373) Lpc theory of leadership: suggests that a leader"s effe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e(cid:374)ess depe(cid:374)ds o(cid:374) situatio(cid:374) Path-goal theory of leadership: suggests that effective leaders clarify the oaths (behaviours) that will lead to desired rewards and goals.
