HROB 2010 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Trait Approach

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The trait approach was one of the first systematic attempts to study leadership. In the early 20th century leadership traits were studied to determine what made certain people great leaders. The theories that (cid:449)ere de(cid:448)eloped (cid:449)ere (cid:272)alled (cid:862)great (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863) theories (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they focused on identifying the innate qualities and characteristics possessed by great social, political and military leaders. It was believed that people were born with these traits, a(cid:374)d that o(cid:374)ly the (cid:858)great(cid:859) people possessed them. In the mid 20th century, the trait approach was challenged by new research that questioned the universality of leadership traits. Stogdill suggested that no consistent set of traits differentiated leaders from non- leaders across a variety of situations. An individual with leadership traits who was a leader in one situation might not be a leader in another situation. Leadership was reconceptualised as a relationship between people in a social situation.

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