Chapter 12: Leadership Study and be familiar with following constructs and understand how these constructs are related to workplace behaviors. - Learn what leadership is and define it. - What is the main argument of trait theories of leadership and of behavioral theories of leadership? o Trait theories of leadership and emergence and appearance of leadership. - Ohio State studies of leadership (initiating structure vs. consideration) and University of Michigan studies of leadership (employee-oriented vs. production-oriented leader) - Contingency theories of leadership: o Fiedler’s model of leadership; the situational dimensions (e.g., leader-member relations, task structure, and position power) o Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Theory: How leaders should behave if followers are willing or unwilling and able or not able to do a task? o Path-goal theory of leadership - Leader-member exchange (LMX): In-group vs. out-group (study Exhibit 12-2, page 374) - Inspirational approaches to leadership o What are the characteristics of charismatic leaders (see exhibit 12-3, page 375)? How charismatic leaders influence their followers (e.g., vision statement)? What are the dark sides of charismatic leadership? o Transformation leadership vs. transactional leadership; study exhibit 12-4 on page 378 and learn about characteristics of transactional and transformational leaders, also learn about how transformational leaders influence their followers. o Transformational leadership in the context of small and complex organizations - Authentic leadership and trust, how these two constructs are related? o The three types of trust: deterrence-based; knowledge-based; and identification-based. o Learn about the basic principles of trust (i.e., trust leads to trust, trust can be regained) o The relationship between trust and leadership - Learn about servant leadership - Who are mentors and protégés? What are the career and psychosocial functions of mentoring relationship (see Box 10-4) - What are the substitutes for and neutralizers of leadership? - How to find and create effective leaders: selecting and training leaders Also be familiar with global and managerial implications.