Traits, Situational, and Functional Leadership

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Traits, Situational, and Functional Leadership

• Chapter Three

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• Trust men and they will be true to you treat
  them greatly and they will show themselves to be
  great.
• Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Traits Approach to Leadership

• Born with leadership traits
• Not sure what those characteristics were
• Height
• Weight
• Appearance
• Intelligence
• Disposition
• Inconsistent findings
• Certain traits may enhance the perception that
  somebody is a leader

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Research

• Interpersonal Factors
• Emotional stability
• Self confidence
• Manage conflict
• Cognitive Factors
• Intelligencegtproblem solving and decision making
• Administrative Factors
• Planning and organizational skills
• Knowledge of work being performed

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Situational Approaches to Leadership Study

• Fiedlers Contingency Model of Leadership
• Path-Goal Theory
• Hersey and Blanchards Situational Leadership
  Theory
• Leader-Member Exchange Theory

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Fiedlers Contingency Model

• Least Preferred Co-Worker
• Leader Situation has 3 dimensions
• Position Power
• Task Structure
• Leader-Member Relations
• Leader effectiveness in a given situation is
  affected by their LPC score.
• Criticism of the theory

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Path Goal Theory

• Based on expectancy theory
• Motivate followers through communication and
  situations. Communication styles are
• Directive Leadership
• Supportive Leadership
• Participative Leadership
• Achievement-oriented Leadership
• Situational Factors
• Nature of Followers
• Nature of Tasks

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Situational Leadership Theory

• Hersey and Blanchard say the level of maturity of
  a worker plays a role in leadership behavior
• Maturity consists of
• Job maturity talks-related abilities, skills
  and knowledge
• Psychological maturity feelings of confidence,
  willingness and motivation
• Follower readiness
• Leader behavior

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Situational Leadership Theory
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Leader Member Exchange (LMX)

• How leaders develop relationships with followers
• In group
• Out group
• Satisfaction
• Stress
• Work load

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Functional Approach to Leadership

• Ability to communicate like a leader determines
  leadership
• Theories
• Barnard
• Benne and Sheats

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Types of Group and Individual Roles

• Task-related
• Group Building and maintenance
• Individual

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Task-related Roles

• Initiator
• Information/opinion seeker
• Information/opinion giver
• The elaborator
• The orienter/coordinator
• The energizer

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Group Building and Maintenance Roles

• The encourager
• The harmonizer/compromiser
• The gatekeeper
• The standard-setter

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Individual Roles

• The aggressor
• The blocker
• The recognition seeker
• The player
• The dominator