Foundations of Leadership Theory
The definition of Leadership has these four main components.
Is a Process, Occurs in Groups, Involves Influence, and Involves Common Goals
In Situational Leadership Theory, the Leader adapts their style to meet the Follower's ______?
Development Level (Competence & Commitment)
This type of challenge is not clear cut and cannot be solved solely by the leader's expertise.
Adaptive Challenge
Individualized Consideration, Idealized Influence, Inspirational Motivation, and Intellectual Stimulation
What are the 3 major components of the Toxic Triangle?
Destructive Leaders, Susceptible Followers, Conducive Environments
Although similar to a personal power, this positional base of power involves possessing knowledge that others want or need.
Information Power
This stage of Kegan's Constructive-Developmental Theory incorporates the capacity to consider personal needs in relation to other people. People at this stage will take others' views and feedback into account when making decisions.
Stage 3: Interpersonal Order of the Mind
Who coined the term Servant Leadership?
Robert K. Greenleaf
Kotter highlights key differences in Management and Leadership. Managers produce order and consistency through Controlling & Problem Solving, whereas Leaders produce change and movement through _____ & ______?
Motivating & Inspiring
Name the 5 Principles of Ethical Leadership.
Respects Others, Serves Others, Shows Justice, Manifests Honesty, and Builds Community
This type of leadership research is useful for manipulating the IV in an isolated situation but tends to hinder generalizability.
Laboratory Experiment
One of the key components of Path-Goal Theory is Follower Characteristics. Name the 4 characteristics.
Need for Affiliation, Preferences for Structure, Desires for Control, Self-Perceived Level of Task Ability
In the Model of Servant Leadership, what outcomes do the Antecedent Conditions & Servant Leader Behaviors produce?
Follower Performance & Growth, Organizational Performance, Societal Impact
Blake & Mouton's Management (Leadership) Grid has five management (leadership) styles listed. Identify & define 3 of them.
Country-Club Management, Team Management, Middle-of-the-Road Management, Impoverished Management, Authority-Compliance Management
Good news! If you are narcissistic and this positive trait, your followers will still have a high level of engagement?
Humble (humility)
In Katz's Three Skills Approach, what skills are needed to perform at the TOP Management Level?
High Human & Conceptual Skills, Low Technical Skills
Everyone likes to talk about Kelley & Chaleff, but what about Zaleznik? Based on Zaleznik's Followership Typology, what are the X & Y-axes?
Activity-Passivity & Dominance-Submission
Walumbwa's Theoretical Approach to Authentic Leadership identifies 4 components that lead to leading authentically. This component is described as a self-regulatory behavior and refers to an individual's ability to analyze information objectively.
Balanced Processing
In the Skills Model, there are 4 Individual Attributes. One of these attributes involves 3 aspects- willingness, dominance, and social good. Which Individual Attribute does this describe?
Motivation
I just found out I can have high levels of Machiavellianism and Psychopathy as a leader and still increase follower job engagement if my followers demonstrate high levels of this trait.
Resilience
Stogdill's initial surveys on leadership traits created a list of 8 key traits, name 4 of the traits.
Intelligence, Alertness, Insight, Responsibility, Initiative, Persistence, Self-Confidence, Sociability
In LMX Theory, Leadership Development emphasizes that leaders should create high-quality exchanges with all followers not just a select few. What are the Phases of Leadership Development in LMX Theory (explain the roles and influences?
Stranger- Scripted & One Way; Acquaintance- Tested & Mixed; Mature Partnership- Negotiated & Reciprocal
Name the 6 Leader Behaviors in the Model of Adaptive Leadership (in order).
2. Identify the Adaptive Challenge
3. Regulate Distress
4. Maintain Disciplined Attention
5. Give the Work Back to the People
6. Protect Leadership Voices from Below
This is the first question leaders ask in Hill's Model for Team Leadership.
Should I monitor the team or take action?
There's just something about the Leader Growth Model. How would you describe the major components of the leader growth model to someone outside of West Point?
Challenging Experiences, New Knowledge & Capacities, Reflection