PSY 340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9.3: Theory X And Theory Y, Job Satisfaction
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When individuals rise up, take charge, or assume leadership roles as opposed to being officially appointed into the role. Relies on whether leaders are perceived as a leader. Male ceos whose faces that were wide relative to length achieved greater financial performance for their firms than male ceos whose faces were longer than they were wide. Successful leaders developed supportive relationships with their followers. Behaviors most displayed can be clustered into two categories: When the leader shows that they are considerate of employees feelings and displays concern for followers" well-being. How much the leader organizes work, maintains standards, and develops the details for the work. *consideration more strongly predicts effective leadership than does initiating structure (which could be argued is a characteristic of management) Refers to two types of leaders: an authoritarian or autocratic leader whose approach maintains tight controls and who believes that employees needed to be told what to do (theory x.
