SOC361H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Job Satisfaction, Conscientiousness
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What is leadership: special form of power that involves ability to get people following you, motivates followers to achieve outcomes leaders seek -> entails influence. 4 functions of leadership by selznick: define institutional mission and role, must be dynamic process (cannot be one-time issue) Leadership at top level have greatest influence on org in long run, but involves behavior and actions very different from those taken by leaders in first-line supervisory position. What makes a leader ?- 3 main components of leadership. "the big five" personal characteristics: surgency/extraversion, conscientiousness, emotional stability, agreeableness/cooperativeness. Individuals who are identified as leaders by members which no one was formally appointed to be leader. 2 types of leaders" behavior: task-oriented: "production oriented", "initiating structure", It is possible for leaders to exhibit two types of behavior. Etzioni: dual leadership: leadership rested in hands of more than one person. Vroom and yetton 4 styles of decision making: authoritarian.
