Key Terms
- charisma
- A special personal magnetic charm or appeal that arouses loyalty and enthusiasm in a leader-follower relationship.
- charismatic leader
- A person who possesses legitimate power that arises from “exceptional sanctity, heroism, or exemplary character.”
- consideration
- A “relationship-oriented” leader behavior that is supportive, friendly, and focused on personal needs and interpersonal relationships.
- contingency theory of leadership
- A theory advanced by Dr. Fred E. Fiedler that suggests that different leadership styles are effective as a function of the favorableness of the leadership situation least preferred.
- designated leader
- The person placed in the leadership position by forces outside the group.
- emergent leader
- The person who becomes a group’s leader by virtue of processes and dynamics internal to the group.
- formal leader
- That individual who is recognized by those outside the group as the official leader of the group.
- great man theory of leadership
- The belief that some people are born to be leaders and others are not.
- informal leader
- That individual whom members of the group acknowledge as their leader.
- initiating structure
- A “task-oriented” leader behavior that is focused on goal attainment, organizing and scheduling work, solving problems, and maintaining work processes.
- leadership
- A social (interpersonal) influence relationship between two or more persons who depend on each other to attain certain mutual goals in a group situation.
- Least-preferred coworker (LPC)
- The person with whom the leader least likes to work.
- path-goal theory of leadership
- A theory that posits that leadership is path- and goal-oriented, suggesting that different leadership styles are effective as a function of the task confronting the group.
- transformational leader
- A leader who moves and changes things “in a big way” by inspiring others to perform the extraordinary.
- visionary leader
- A leader who influences others through an emotional and/or intellectual attraction to the leader’s dreams of what “can be.”
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