LEAD 701 Yukl chapter16

CHAPTER 16Overview and Integration

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Learning Objectives

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

Summarize major findings about leadership traits, skills, behavior, influence processes, and situational variables.

Understand key points of convergence in findings from different approaches for studying leadership.

Understand what progress has been made in integrating the findings in different approaches for studying leadership.

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Learning Objectives (Cont.)

Understand similar explanatory processes in dyadic, group, and organization-level theories of effective leadership.

Understand how the methods used for studying leadership affect what is learned about it.

Understand what has been learned about the essence of effective leadership.


LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1


Summarize major findings about leadership traits, skills, behavior,

influence processes, and situational variables

Major Findings in Leadership Research

The leadership situation

Leadership behavior

Power and influence

Traits and skills




Understand key points of convergence in findings from

different approaches for studying leadership

Key Points of Convergence

Leadership success is mediated by effects of leader traits

Leader traits influence leader behavior

Effect of leader behavior on leader power and influence


Key Points of Convergence (Cont.)

Relationship of leader and follower traits and the impact on influence behavior

Joint interaction of traits, power, behavior and situation to determine effectiveness




Understand what progress has been made in integrating the

findings in different approaches for studying leadership

Integrated Findings

A core set of intervening variables determine performance at all levels.

Variables that mediate the effects of leadership behavior on individual follower performance

Variables that mediate the effects of leader

Variables that mediate the effects of leaders on organizational performance


Integrated Findings

Situational Variables:

Favorable

Unfavorable

Leader influence on situational variables


Integrated Findings

Reciprocal Influence

Leader as independent variable

Leader as dependent variable




Understand similar explanatory processes in dyadic, group, and organization-level theories of

effective leadership

Multi-Level Explanatory Processes

Role specialization and differentiation Employee talent and human capital Efficacy and optimism Trust and cooperation Social identification


Multi-Level Explanatory Processes (Cont.)

Role modeling and cascading Human resource programs and systems Empowerment Culture Collective learning and innovation




Understand how the methods used for studying leadership

affect what is learned about it

Methodological Issues and Limitations

Biases in conceptualizations

Heroic versus shared leadership Emphasis on dyadic processes Inadequate explanatory processes Inattention to context


Methodological Issues and Limitations (Cont.)

Qualitative versus quantitative Survey versus experimental Level of analysis Other issues




Understand what has been learned about the essence of

effective leadership

The Essence of Effective Leadership

Meaning of Events Create alignment Task commitment and optimism Mutual trust and cooperation Collective identity


The Essence of Effective Leadership (Cont.)

Organize and coordinate activities Collective learning Resources and support Develop and empower Promote social justice and morality
