RSM260H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Transactional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Contingency Theory
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Chapter 9: leadership: define and discuss the role of both formal and emergent leadership. Leadership: influence that particular individuals exert on the goal achievement of others in an organization. Formal: managers, executive, supervisor, etc expected and are given specific authority. Emergent: no formal authority, must rely on being well liked or perceived as highly skilled: explain and critically evaluate the trait approach to leadership. Trait: individual characteristics such as physical attributes, intellectual ability, and personality. Intelligence, energy, self-confidence, dominance, motivation to lead, emotional stability, honesty and integrity, need for achievement. The emotional intelligence of leaders has also been found to be positively related to the job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behaviour of employees. Difficult to determine whether traits make the leader or whether the opportunity for leadership produces traits. Failure to take into account the situation in which leadership occurs.
