BU288 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Trait Theory, Extraversion And Introversion, Motivation
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Leadership influence that people exert on goal achievement of others in org context. Can change the way people think, feel, and behave. Strategic leadership leader"s ability to anticipate, envision, maintain flexibility, think strategically, and work with others to initiate changes the will create a viable future for the org. Anyone can exert influence but managers and execs have formally assigned leadership roles (but some of them don"t lead) Leadership depends on the personal qualities or traits of the leader. Traits personal characteristics like physical, intellectual, and personality. Good leaders: intelligence, energy, self-confidence, dominance, motivation to lead, emotional stability, honesty, need for achievement, sociability. Big five: extraversion and conscientiousness are best predictors of leadership. Hard to determine if traits make the leader or the opportunity for leadership produces the traits. The approach doesn"t take into account the situation in which leadership occurs i. e. top execs and first level supervisors will have different traits to be successful.
