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Sep 18, 2020 · The Great Man Theory gives the basic framework on which contemporary theories have been based. Contemporary theories of leadership first began to focus on both traits and behaviors. Recently, there has been more of a focus on leadership styles, two of these being transactional and transformational.
Table 1. Key terms. Evolution of leadership theory and understanding of style. A desire to understand what makes a successful leader is not new. For centuries there has been debate about what differentiated leaders from non-leaders, and leaders from followers.
- Clare Felicity Jane Price-Dowd
- 2020
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- Frans Cilliers
- Vasi van Deventer
- Leadership styles and associated personality traits
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Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Department of Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa The full range model of leadership includes laissez-faire behaviour, transactional leadership, and transformational leadership. The model conceptualises leadership in terms of the behaviours associated with various styles and this conceptualisation has been empirically sup...
Table 1. Conceptualisation of the leadership styles in the full range model Transformational leadership Idealised influence implies that followers respect, admire, and trust the leader and emulate his or her behaviour, assume his or her values, and are committed to achieving his or her vision and making sacrifices in this regard. The leader shows d...
An intervention was conducted at management level at one of the plants of a South African pro duction company that had been engaged in a process of transformation. In response to continuous changes in technology and customer demands, the organisation had been adapting at operational level and in terms ofthe composition and structuring ofpersonnel. ...
The intervention focused on the above mentioned management team and questionnaires were administered to assess the leadership styles and personality traits of the members of the team. For each manager preferences in terms of leadership behaviours were identified and an integrated personality profile was drawn up. The intervention required individua...
The management team consisted of a general manager, a technical expert, managers for the two phases ofproduction, and managers for planning and logistics, quality control, engineering, human resources, finances, and marketing. Assessment results were available for eight of these managers. The members of the management team were primarily white, Afr...
The human resources manager arranged a session with the management team during which the rationale ofthe administration was explained and the personality questionnaires were completed. The manager who was qualified to do so conducted the administration. The leadership questionnaire Rene van Eeden, Frans Cil/iers and Vasi van Deventer implies self-r...
Expectations based on the conceptualisation of and research on the leadership styles as defined in the full range model are described. The trends identified in each group in the present study as well as the differences across the two groups are then presented.
The findings ofthe present study largely supported the conceptualisation ofleadership styles in terms of the full range model ofleadership. The leadership styles practised were associated with persona lity traits and behaviours relevant to the descriptions ofthese styles. In summary, the managers who used a transformational style indicated personal...
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Jul 18, 2019 · Leadership Theories. Trait Theories. Trait theories argue that effective leaders share common personality traits or characteristics. These include qualities such as integrity, honesty, assertiveness, decisiveness, motivation, innovation, vision, intelligence, persuasion, etc.
- Melina R. Kibbe
- melina_kibbe@med.unc.edu
- 2015
Mar 4, 2024 · The trait theory of leadership evolved from suggesting only a select few were born to lead to predicting a leader’s performance based on their personality traits. More recently, experts have combined the theory with broader views of organizational behavior. By Katie Shonk — on March 4th, 2024 / Leadership Skills. Are great leaders born or made?
Personal Leadership. Understanding of personal leadership style has been shown to be a key part of effective leadership practice. It has been a topic of interest for many decades as we have tried to understand, and replicate, what makes those considered to be ‘great leaders’ so successful.
Jan 24, 2023 · Abstract. We systematically review eight positive (authentic, charismatic, consideration and initiating structure, empowering, ethical, instrumental, servant, and transformational leadership) and two negative leadership styles (abusive supervision and destructive leadership) and identify valence-based conflation as a limitation common to all ...
