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What does leadership encompass?
What does leadership encompass?
- The authority to control and manage others
- The power to dominate and command others
- The skill to manipulate and coerce others
- The ability to lead, influence, or guide others (correct)
How is leadership defined in some U.S. academic environments?
How is leadership defined in some U.S. academic environments?
- A process of enforcing authority through fear
- A process of social influence to accomplish a common and ethical task (correct)
- A process of exerting power and control over others
- A process of manipulation for personal gain
What do some challenge about traditional managerial views of leadership?
What do some challenge about traditional managerial views of leadership?
- Advocating for a hierarchical approach to leadership within organizations
- Portraying leadership as something possessed or owned by one individual due to their role or authority (correct)
- Emphasizing the collaborative nature of leadership at all levels of institutions
- Highlighting the importance of empathy and emotional intelligence in leadership
What have studies of leadership produced theories involving?
What have studies of leadership produced theories involving?
What did situational approaches posit about individuals' effectiveness as leaders?
What did situational approaches posit about individuals' effectiveness as leaders?
What statistical advances in the 1980s allowed researchers to conduct meta-analyses?
What statistical advances in the 1980s allowed researchers to conduct meta-analyses?
What did the reemergence of trait theory as a viable approach to the study of leadership lead to?
What did the reemergence of trait theory as a viable approach to the study of leadership lead to?
What did Stephen Zaccaro criticize about trait theories of leadership?
What did Stephen Zaccaro criticize about trait theories of leadership?
What is the leader-attribute-pattern approach based on?
What is the leader-attribute-pattern approach based on?
What did the attribute pattern approach consider regarding leader individual differences?
What did the attribute pattern approach consider regarding leader individual differences?
What was one criticism of trait theories highlighted by Stephen Zaccaro?
What was one criticism of trait theories highlighted by Stephen Zaccaro?
What did improvements in researchers' use of round-robin research design methodology reveal?
What did improvements in researchers' use of round-robin research design methodology reveal?
Which theory of leadership is based on individual attributes?
Which theory of leadership is based on individual attributes?
Which thinker emphasized 'blue blood' or genetic leadership?
Which thinker emphasized 'blue blood' or genetic leadership?
Which doctrine allowed the overthrow of rulers lacking divine sanction in ancient China?
Which doctrine allowed the overthrow of rulers lacking divine sanction in ancient China?
Who provided a manual for rulers to gain and keep power in 'The Prince'?
Who provided a manual for rulers to gain and keep power in 'The Prince'?
'Emotionally attuned, consensual leadership' was proposed by which school of thought?
'Emotionally attuned, consensual leadership' was proposed by which school of thought?
'Stewardship and servant leadership' were emphasized in which school of thinking?
'Stewardship and servant leadership' were emphasized in which school of thinking?
Who exemplified meritocratic leadership according to the text?
Who exemplified meritocratic leadership according to the text?
Which theory challenged the idea that leadership traits are consistent across different situations?
Which theory challenged the idea that leadership traits are consistent across different situations?
Which school of thought drew from the Roman pater familias?
Which school of thought drew from the Roman pater familias?
Which school of thinking emphasized leadership qualities such as intelligence and humaneness?
Which school of thinking emphasized leadership qualities such as intelligence and humaneness?
'Public-spirited leadership could be nurtured' was believed by which thinker?
'Public-spirited leadership could be nurtured' was believed by which thinker?
'Elite group to act as the vanguard of a socialist revolution' was demanded by which ideology?
'Elite group to act as the vanguard of a socialist revolution' was demanded by which ideology?
Study Notes
Historical Views and Theories of Leadership
- Chinese Mandate of Heaven doctrine allowed the overthrow of rulers lacking divine sanction
- Pro-aristocracy thinkers emphasized "blue blood" or genetic leadership
- Monarchy used divine right of kings to legitimize leadership
- Napoleon's marshals exemplified meritocratic leadership
- Autocratic/paternalistic thought drew from the Roman pater familias
- Feminist thinking proposed emotionally attuned, consensual leadership
- Confucianism emphasized leadership qualities such as intelligence and humaneness
- Machiavelli's The Prince provided a manual for rulers to gain and keep power
- The concept of leadership gained relevance in the 19th century with the rise of nation-states and corporations
- Anarchist thought in the 19th century questioned the concept of leadership
- Leninism demanded an elite group to act as the vanguard of a socialist revolution
- Christian thinking on leadership emphasized stewardship and servant leadership
Theories of Leadership
- The trait theory of leadership is based on individual attributes
- Thomas Carlyle and Francis Galton explored the trait theory in the 19th century
- Cecil Rhodes believed that public-spirited leadership could be nurtured
- Rise of alternative theories in the late 1940s and early 1950s challenged the idea that leadership traits are consistent across different situations
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Test your knowledge of leadership theories, styles, and approaches with this quiz. Explore the contested term of leadership and learn about contrasting viewpoints from different cultural and regional perspectives.
