MNGT 361 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Fred Fiedler, Job Satisfaction, Leadership Studies

• School: Towson University
• Department: Management
• Course: MNGT 361
• Professor: Mc Culloh

Document Summary

Leader- is someone who can influence others and who has managerial authority. Leadership- is what leaders do that is, the process of leading a group and influencing that group to achieve its goals. In the early part of the 20th century researchers focused on the: leader (i. e. trait theories, how the leader interacted with his or her group members (i. e. behavioral theories) Seven traits associated with effective leadership: drive, desire to lead, honesty and integrity, self-confidence, intelligence, job-relevant knowledge, extraversion. Results suggest that a democratic leadership style contributes to both good quantity and high quality of work. The laissez-faire approach was the ineffective on every performance criterion when compared with both democratic and autocratic styles. Group members" satisfaction levels were generally higher under a democratic leader. Initiating structure- refers to the extent to which a leader is likely to define and structure his or her role and the roles of employees in order to attain a goal.