Ch 1. Leadership Theories
Raven et al. identified how many sources of power?
What is six? (p. 4) [Reward, Coercive, Legitimate, Referent, Expert, Informational]
These individuals have goals that arise out of necessity rather than desire; they excel at defusing conflicts between individuals or departments, placating all sides while ensuring that an organization’s day-to-day business gets done.
What are 'managers'? (see Zaleznik's 1977 HRB article.
Under this transactional leadership dimension leaders assign tasks for followers in alignment with the understanding that a reward will be provided to the follower after successful completion of the task.
What is 'Contingent Reward'? (p. 48)
This is an idea for future success or direction, and serves as a foundation from which a sport organization moves forward.
What is 'vision'? (p. 68)
This is the process of transferring information from a sender to a receiver through an exchange process whereby information is shared.
What is 'communication'?
The 'leader', 'subordinate/group environment', and the 'environment' interact to impact this.
What is 'leadership style'? (p. 7)
Management theory grew out of this historical period.
What is 'the industrial revolution'? (p. 23)
There are this many dimensions to transformation leadership.
What is 'four'? (p. 45) [idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration]
Initially, FAU agreed to a stadium naming right agreement with this type of company.
What is a 'for-profit prison'?
Walaski (2011) argued that every crisis has this many cycles.
What is 'four'? [Prodromal, Breakout, Chronic, and Resolution]
This leadership theory was a popular 19th-century belief that leaders are born, not made.
What is the 'Great Man Theory'? (p. 9)
Previous research has argued that management and leadership are 'essentially the same', 'intertwined' and this.
These leaders engage in defining work and roles required of employees in pursuit of organizational objectives.
What are 'task-oriented leaders'? (p. 44)
This economic theory was illustrated in the clip used in class from A Beautiful Mind.
Communication under this type of leader typically involves providing everyone with an opportunity to have their opinions/thoughts heard before arriving at a decision.
What is 'Democratic' or 'Participative'?
This leadership approach is characterized by leaders who set clear expectations and goals for their subordinates.
What is 'Directive Leadership'? (p. 13)
These individuals adopt personal, active attitudes toward goals. They look for the opportunities and rewards that lie around the corner, inspiring subordinates and firing up the creative process with their own energy.
What are 'leaders'? (see Zaleznik's 1977 HRB article.
In the model of servant leadership, this area includes 'context and culture', 'leader attributes' and 'follower receptivity'.
What are the 'Antecedent Conditions'? (p. 52)
This is a competency that allows sport leaders to learn from past and present situations and project possible consequences a decision made today may have in the future.
What is 'foresight'? (p. 68)
Berlo’s (1960) theory of communication argues that for a message to resonate between source and receiver, they both must possess similar skills in this area.
Shivers (1980) noted that there are this many paths to leadership.
What is 'four'? (p. 8) [Appointment, Election, Emergence, and Charisma]
Essentially codified in 1911 with the publication of The Principles of Scientific Management by Frederick Taylor, management in this context was about motivating employees through extrinsic rewards to perform prescribed, efficient movements.
What is the 'scientific management movement'? (p. 23)
Spears (2002) identified this many characteristics of servant leadership.
What is 'six'? (p. 53) [developing people, humility, authenticity, interpersonal acceptance, providing direction, and stewardship]
Involves paying attention, withholding judgment, reflecting, clarifying, summarizing, and sharing.
What is 'active listening'? (p. 72)
David Stern used this strategy when he emphasized that the NBA could use the Tim Donaghy betting scandal as "an opportunity to get better".
What is 'bolstering'? (See Table 10.1)