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| Behavior or communication that influences, guides, directs, or controls a group. |
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| A view of leadership as the personal attributes or qualities that leaders possess. Trait approach attempt to identify characteristics common to successful leaders. |
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| Examines leadership as behavior that may be performed by any group member to maximize group effectiveness. |
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| 2 Major leadership behaviors |
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| 1- Task leadership (behavior aim specifically at accomplishing a group goal. 2- Process leadership (behavior that help maintain a satisfactory interpersonal climate within a group. |
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| Task leadership behaviors |
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| 1- Initiating (begining discussion to help giving the direction) 2- Coordinating 3- Summarizing (help to clarify) 4- Elaborating (ideas to be visualized) |
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| Like a car, failing to maintain (tuning) a group leads to a breakdown. 1- Releasing tension (taking a break when stress is high or tiredness is felt) 2- Gatekeeping (ensure more input along the task dimension and higher member satisfaction along the process dimension.) 3- Encouraging (aimed to increase self-esteem, hope, confidence, aspirations) 4- Mediating (when conflict becomes person-oriented rather than issue-oriented, it is time for mediation.) |
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| It is: Leadership behavior, task needs, process needs. It relates to effective leadership to interaction between leadership style and the group situation. |
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| The consistent pattern of behavior reflecting a leader's belief and attitudes. People act as a leaders with three different style: 1- authoritarian (assume position of intellectual and behaviral superiority in groups) 2- democratic (have more faith in the group and try to involve members in making decisions) 3- laissez-faire (see themselves as no better or no worse than other group members. They assume the group will direct itself, they avoid dominating groups.) |
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| Transformational leadership |
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| Describes leadership in organizations. 4 characterictics: the 4 I's. 1- Idealized leadership 2- Inspirational motivation 3- Intellectual stimulation 4- Individual consideration |
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| Involve instruction to develop skills. |
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| Structured exercise that creates conditions that participants might confront outside the training environment. New behaviors without any risks. |
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