Organizational Behavior (Stephen Robbins)
RESEARCH FINDINGS Behavioural Theories of Leadership A lengthy review of the results of behavioural studies supports the idea th ...
When people don’t know what to do or individuals don’t have the knowledge or skills to do the job, it’s more important for lead ...
Fiedler stated that the better the leader-member relations, the more highly structured the job, and the stronger the position po ...
Both the Fiedler contingency model and Hersey and Blanchard’s SLT have some intu- itive appeal. Blanchard’s work, for instance, ...
ronmental variables that are outside the control of the employee and variables that are part of the personal characteristics of ...
replaced or neutralized. Experience and training, for instance, can replace the need for a leader’s support or ability to create ...
What qualities do effective followers have? One writer focuses on four:^32 They manage themselves well. They are able to think ...
exceed expectations.^35 In other styles of transactional leadership, the leader empha- sizes correction and possible punishment ...
gest that charismatic leadership is expressed as relatively similar in a variety of countries, including Canada, Hungary, India, ...
One study contrasted 18 visionary companies with 18 comparable nonvision- ary firms over a 65-year period.^44 The visionary com ...
of the dangers of charismatic leadership. WorldCom’s Bernard Ebbers and Enron’s Kenneth Lay “seemed almost a breed apart, blesse ...
Chapter 8Leadership 273 mentor A senior employee who sponsors and supports a less-experi- enced employee. Bell Canada http://www ...
The most effective mentoring relationships exist outside the immediate boss–sub- ordinate interface.^61 The boss–subordinate con ...
tional leadership role performed by front- line supervisors. Many leaders are not equipped to han- dle the move to team leader. ...
Conflict managers.When disagreements surface, team leaders help process the conflict. What is the source of the conflict? Who i ...
self-leadership: planning, access management, catch-up activities,and emotions management.^80 The Learning About Yourself Exerci ...
environmentally friendly strategies in dealing with waste? How do you effectively lead in a student group, in which everyone is ...
Is There a Moral Dimension to Leadership? The topic of leadership and ethics has received surprisingly little attention. Only ve ...
The similarities among men and women leaders should not be completely surprising. Almost all the studies looking at this issue h ...
of a continuing relationship—trying hard to make the other party a winner in his or her own and others’ eyes. Although it’s inte ...
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