ch.9 Transformational leadership – Flashcards
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Transactional Leadership:
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Leaders/follower relationship characterized by a transaction or exchange process between leaders and followers. i.e. Politicians offering no new taxes for votes Teachers offering grades for work completed Managers who offer promotions to workers who meet their goals
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Transformational Leadership:
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Leadership characterized by the ability to bring about significant change in followers and the organization through idealized influence, intellectual stimulation, inspirational motivation, and individualized consideration.
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transformational leadership was first coined by? what year?
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Downton 1973
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Pseudo-Transformational Leader:
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(BASS, 1998) Self-consumed, exploitive and power oriented, with warped moral values. i.e. Hitler & saddam Hussein
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Socialized Transformational Leadership:
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(BASS, 1998) Leaders transcend their own interest for the sake of others and the greater good. i.e. JohnF. Kennedy
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Behaviors associated with Charismatic Leaders:
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Strong role models for the belief and values they want followers to adopt Appear competent to followers Goals have moral overtones Communicate high expectations of followers Arouse task-relevant motives (affiliation, power, esteem)
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Charismatic leadership works because it ties ____ and their______ to the organizations identity.
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followers self-concepts
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Transformational leadership factors (The Four "I"s) :
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Idealized Influence Inspirational Motivation Intellectual Stimulation Individualized Consideration
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Idealized Influence:
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Acting as strong role models High standards of moral and ethical conduct Making others want to follow the leader's vision
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inspirational motivation
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Communicating high expectations Inspiring followers to commitment and engagement in shared vision Using symbols & emotional appeals to focus group members to achieve more than self-interest
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intellectual stimulation
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Stimulating followers to be creative and innovative Challenging their own beliefs and valuing those of leader and organization Supporting followers to try new approaches, develop innovative ways of dealing with organization issues
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individualized consideration
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Listening carefully to the needs of followers Acting as coaches to assist followers in becoming fully actualized Helping followers grow through personal challenges
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Transactional leadership factors
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contingent reward management by exception
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Contingent reward:
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The exchange process between leaders and followers in which effort by followers is exchanged for specified rewards.
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Management-by-exception:
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Leadership that involves corrective criticism, negative feedback, and negative reinforcement
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Laissez-Faire:
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The absence of leadership, a hands-off, let-things-ride approach
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laissez-faire refers to a leader who?
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abdicates responsibility delays decisions gives no feedback makes little effort to help followers satisfy their needs
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Bennis & Nanus (1995) Four (4) Strategies used by leaders to transform organizations:
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A Vision of the future state of the organization They serve as social architects Trust: Predictable or reliable even in situations of uncertainty Creative development of self
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A Vision of the future state of the organization:
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Must grow out of the needs of the entire organization Originates from both leaders and followers
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They serve as social architects
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Communicated a direction the transformed the organization's norms and values i.e. (Maidique, FIU 2.0)
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Creative development of self
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Focus on their strengths rather than their weakness
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Kouzes & Posner (1987, 2002) Five (5) fundamental Practices that enable leaders to get extraordinary things done, emphasizes behaviors.
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Model the way Inspire a shared vision Challenge the process Enable others to act Encourage the heart
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transformational leadership *strengths*:
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Widely researched Intuitive appeal Treats leadership as a process between leaders/followers Places strong emphasis of followers needs, values, morals. Substantial evidence that Transformational Leadership is effective Yukl, 1999: Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) Transformational leadership positively related to subordinate satisfaction, motivation and performance
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transformational leadership *concerns*:
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Lacks conceptual clarity May be viewed as elitist and anti-democratic Has the potential to be abused (remember Hitler?) - who determines whether a new direction/vision is better, good and/or more affirming.
