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OBM ch 16
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Archaeology
6th Grade
05/13/2013

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leadership
Definition
Process between leaders and followers Involves social influence Occurs at multiple levels in an organization Focuses on goal accomplishment
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leader trait
Definition
physical or personality characteristic that can be used to differentiate leaders from followers (friedlers contingency model)
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implicit leadership theory
Definition
based on the idea that people have beliefs about how leaders should behave and what they should do for their followers.
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leadership prototype
Definition
mental representations of the traits and behaviors that people believe are possessed by leaders.
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The Ohio State Studies identified two independent dimensions of leader behavior
Definition
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 the effectiveness of a particular style of leader behavior depends on the situation.
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contingency theory
Definition
based on the premise that a leader’s effectiveness is contingent on the extent to which a leader’s style fits or matches characteristics of the situation at hand
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situational control
Definition
refers to the amount of control and influence the leader has in his immediate work environment
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leader-member relations
Definition
the extent to which the leader has the support, loyalty, and trust of the work group (dimension of situational control)
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task structure
Definition
concerned with the amount of structure contained within tasks performed by the work group
(dimesnion of siuational control_
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position power
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the degree to which the leader has formal power to reward, punish, or otherwise obtain compliance from employees (dimension of situational control)
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contingency facors
Definition
Situational variables that cause one style of leadership to be more effective than another
(path goal theory)
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path goal theory
Definition
Describes how leadership effectiveness is influenced by the interaction between four leadership styles – directive, supportive, participative, achievement-oriented
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transactional leadership
Definition
focuses on clarifying employees’ role and task requirements and providing followers with positive and negative rewards contingent on performance.
(the full range model of leadership)
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transformational leaders
Definition
engender trust, seek to develop leadership in others, exhibit self-sacrifice and serve as moral agents, focusing themselves and followers on objectives that transcend the more immediate needs of the work group.
(full range model of leadership)
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in-group exchange
Definition
leaders and followers develop a partnership characterized by reciprocal influence, mutual trust, respect and liking, and a sense of common fates.
(LMX)
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outgroup exchange
Definition
Leaders are characterized as overseers who fail to create a sense of mutual trust, respect, or common fate
(LMX)
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shared leadership
Definition
dynamic, interactive influence process among individuals in groups for which the objective is to lead one another to the achievement of group or organizational goals or both
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servant leadership
Definition
focuses on increasing services to others rather than to oneself
less likely to engage in self-serving behaviors that hurt others
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