HROB 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Conscientiousness, Extraversion And Introversion, Impression Management

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
• Course: HROB 2010
• Professor: Casey Cosgrove

Document Summary

In the mid 20th century, the trait approach was challenged by research that questioned the universality of leadership traits. Stogdill (1948) suggested that an individual with leadership traits who was a leader in one situation might not be a leader in another situation. Rather than being a quality individuals possess, leadership was reconceptualised as a relationship between people in a social situation. The trait approach has earned new interest through the current emphasis given by many researchers to visionary and charismatic leadership. In a study to determine what distinguishes charismatic leaders from others, jung and. Sosik (2006) found that charismatic leaders possess traits of: self monitoring, engagement in impression management, motivation to attain social power, motivation to attain self actualization. Some of the central traits that were characterised by all researchers include: Zaccaro et al. (2004) found support for the finding that leaders have a higher intelligence than non-leaders.