University of Iowa and Ohio state behavioural Theories

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University of Iowa and Ohio state behavioural
Theories

• Ryan (Swag) Finley
• Aaron (Bleezy) Brooks
• Haley Zinn
• Ben Nickerson

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Behavioural Theories

• Leadership theories that identify behaviours that
  differentiate effective leaders for ineffective
  leaders.

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The University of Iowa

• The university of Iowa studies explored 3
• Leadership styles
• Autocratic style
• Democratic style
• Laissez-faire style

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Lewin and the boys

• Lewin and his associates researched which one of
  the leadership styles were most effective.
• Their results seemed to indicate that the
  democratic style contributed to both good
  quantity and quality of work.

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Further Results

• The earlier test results proved that democratic
  style showed higher performance levels than
  autocratic style, but other tests proved that
  lower or equal performance levels were produced
  by democratic style.

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The University of Ohio

• It began with over 1,000 behavioural dimensions,
  and researchers were able to narrow it down to 2
  categories
• Consideration
• Initiating structure

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Definitions

• Initiating Structure The extent to which a
  leader is likely to define and structure his or
  her role and the roles of group members in the
  search for goal attainment.
• Consideration The extent to which a leader has
  job relationships characterized by mutual trust
  and respect for group members ideas and feelings.

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Leaders who are high in both initiating structure
and consideration behaviours are considered
high-high leaders. High-high leaders achieved
high group task performance and satisfaction more
frequently.