Trait Theories
Theories that consider personal qualities and characteristics that differentiate leaders from nonleaders.
What are trait theories of leadership?
Theories proposing that specific behaviors differentiate leaders from nonleaders.
What are behavioral theories of leadership?
This broad class of leadership theory consists of different interpretations by researchers on how the co-dependence of leadership characteristics and the unique situation fit together.
What are contingency theories of leadership?
The ability to influence a group
toward the achievement of a vision or set of
goals.
What is leadership?
The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions in positive and constructive ways.
What is emotional intelligence?
The extent to which a leader defines and structures their role and those of their followers to facilitate goal attainment.
What is "initiating structure" in behavioral theory of leadership?
This theory is the first comprehensive contingency model developed for leadership.
What is the Fiedler Model?
The concept by which an individual comes to be perceived and accepted as a leader by others in a group, without a formal designation to that role.
What is leadership emergence?
A personality trait that defines a person who actively seeks opportunities and initiates changes rather than waiting for events to happen.
What are Proactive Personality Traits?
The extent to which a leader has job relationships that are characterized by mutual trust, respect for subordinates’ ideas, and regard for their feelings
What is "consideration" in behavioral theory of leadership?
This theory assumes that the effectiveness of any leadership style depends on the situation and tasks involved. It focuses on the "readiness" of the followers.
What is the Situational Leadership Theory?
This concept provides a measure of how well a leader is performing in the leadership position.
What is leadership effectiveness?
This psychological theory consists of three overlapping personality traits: Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. Carriers of these traits show lack of empathy and tendencies to manipulate.
What are the Dark Triad Traits?
Research suggests that this concept is much less important than the leader's determination of either to practice consideration or initiating structure behaviors.
What is culture in leadership?
This class of leadership theory shapes the leader's effectiveness by the individuality of followers. Robbins elaborated three (3) distinct theories falling under it.
What are the Follower Contingency Theories?
As an extension to personality and individual differences, this concept is defined as a function of traits and situation.
What is leadership behavior?
This trait theory categorizes personalities based on five dimensions: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
What are the Big Five Traits?
This theory is used a basis for "selecting" people for leadership, meanwhile the other theory imply that people can be "trained" to be leaders.
What is the summary of the trait theories and the behavioral theories?
"Cometh the hour, cometh the man"
What is "leading in times of crisis"?
A technique used by effective leaders to create and foster an environment in which others can make better decisions.
What is "nudging" in leadership?