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Chapter 14
Final Exam Study Guide
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Management
Undergraduate 2
05/02/2010

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Leadership
Definition
influencing employees to voluntarily pursue organizational goals
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Ohio State Studies
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Consideration - creating mutual respect and trust with followers

 

Initiating Structure - organizing and defining what group members should be doing

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Situational Theories
Definition
propose that leader styles should match the situation at hand
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Fiedler's Contingency Model
Definition

1. the degree to which the situation gives the leader control

2. the leader's basic motivation

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Leader-member relations
Definition
extent to which the leaders has the support, loyalty, and trust of the work group
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Task Structure
Definition
concerned with the amount of structure contained within tasks performed by the work group
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Position Power
Definition
degree to which the leader has formal power to reward, punish, or otherwise obtain compliance from employees
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Contingency Factors
Definition
Variables that influence the appropriateness of a leadership style
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Hersey and Blanchard's Situational Leadership Theory
Definition
effective leader behavior depends on the readiness level of the leader's followers
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Readiness
Definition
follower's ability and willingness to complete a task
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Transactional Leadership
Definition
focuses on clarifying employees' roles and providing rewards contingent on performance
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Transformational Leadership
Definition
transforms employees to pursue organizational goals over self-interests
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Leader-Member Exchange Model of Leadership (LMX)
Definition
focuses on quality of relationships between managers and subordinates as opposed to the behaviors of either leaders or followers
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In-Group Exchange
Definition
a partnerships characterized by mutual trust, respect, and liking
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Out-Group Exchange
Definition
a partnership characterized by a lack of mutual trust, respect, and liking
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Shared Leadership
Definition
simultaneous, ongoing, mutual influence process in which people share responsibility for leading
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Servant Leadership
Definition
focuses on increased service to others rather than to oneself
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