Chapter 11: Leadership in Organizational Settings

What are the four elements of transformational leadership?

1. Creating a strategic vision 2. communicating the vision 3. modeling the vision 4. building commitment toward the vision

What are the 7 competencies of effective leaders?

1. Emotional intelligence 2. Integrity 3. Drive 4. Leadership motivation 5. Self-confidence 6. Intelligence 7. Knowledge of the business

path-goal leadership theory

a contingency theory of leadership based on expectancy theory of motivation that relates several leadership styles to specific employee and situational contingencies.

transformational leadership

a leadership perspective that explains how leaders change teams teams or organizations by creating, communicating and modeling a vision for the organization or work unit, and inspiring employees to strive for that vision.

leadership

influencing, motivating, and enabling others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members

transactional leadership

leadership that helps organizations achieve their current objectives, more efficiently, such as linking job performance to valued rewards and ensuring that employees have the resources needed to get the job done

shared leadership

the view that leadership is broadly distributed rather than assigned to one person, such that people within the team and organization can lead each other.