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- leadership
- as a process, the use of noncoercive influence to shape the group's or organization's goals, motivate behavior toward the achievemnet of those goals, and help define group or organizational culture; as a property, the set of characterisitics attributed to individuals who are perceived to be leaders.
- leaders
- people who can influence the behaviors of others without having to rely on force, those accepted by others as leaders.
- power
- the ability to affect the behaviior of others
- legitimate power
- power granted through the organizational hierarchy; the power defined by the organization to be accorded to people occupying particular positions
- reward power
- the power to give or withhold rewards, such as salary increases, bonuses, promotions, praise, recognition, and interesting job assignments
- coercive power
- the power to force compliance by means of psychological, emotional, or physical threat
- referent power
- the personal power that accures to someone based on identification, imitataion, loyalty, or charisma.
- expert power
- the personal power that accures to someone based on the information or expertise that they posses
- job-centered leader behavior
- the behavior of leaders who pay close attention to the job and work procedures involved with that job
- employee-centered leader behavior
- the behavior of leaders who develop cohesive work groups and ensure employee satisfaction
- initiating -structure behavior
- the behavior of leaders who define the leader -subordinate role so that everyone knows what is expected, establish formal lines of communication, and determine how tasks will be performed
- consideration behavior
- the behavior of leaders who show concern for subordinates and attempt to establish a warm, friendly, and supportive climate.
- concern for production
- the part of the managerial grid that deals with the job and task aspects of leader behavior
- concern for people
- the part of the managerial grid that deals with the human aspects of leader behavior
- LPC theory
- a theory of leadership that suggest that the appropiate style of leadership varies with situational favorableness
- least - preferred coworker LPC measure
- the measuring scale that asks leaders to describe the person with whom he or she is able to work least well
- path goal theory
- a theory of leadership suggesting that the primary functions of a leader are to make valued or desired rewards available in the workplace and to clarify for the subordinat the kinds of behavior that will lead to those rewards.
- Vroom's decision tree approach
- predicts what kinds of situations call for different degree of group participation
- leader-member exchange LMX model
- stresses that leaders have different kinds of relationships with different subordinates
- substiutes for leadership
- a concept that identifies situations in which leader behaviors are neutralized or replaced by characterisitics of subordinates, the task, and the organization
- charismatic leadership
- assumes that charisma is an individual characteristic of the leader
- charisma
- a form of interpersonal attraction that inspires support and acceptance
- transformational leadership
- leadership that goes beyond ordinary expectations by transmitting a sense of mission, stimulating learning experiences, and inspiring new ways of thinking
- strategic leadership
- the capability to understand the complexities of both the organization and its environment and to lead change in the organization in order to achieve and maintain a superior alignment between the organization and its environment
- political behavior
- the activities carried out for the specific purpose of acquring, developing, and using power and other resources to obtain one's preferred outcomes
- impression management
- a direct and intentional effort by someone to enhance his or her image in the eyes of others