Notes Course Hero uses AI to attempt to automatically extract content from documents to surface to you and others so you can study better, e.g., in search results, to enrich docs, and more. This preview shows page 1 - 2 out of 3 pages. Effective Leadership Behavior: What we Know and What Questions Need More AttentionGary Yukl1.Introductiona.The essence of leadership in organizations is influencing and facilitating individual and collectiveefforts to accomplish shared objectives.b.This article was written to develop a comprehensive behavior taxonomy to integrate the resultsof all of the research that has been done on classifying and measuring leadership behavior alltogether.2.Research on Behavior Taxonomiesa.Factor analysis of behavior description questionnaires are the most frequently used method toidentify categories of leadership behavior. This method loses accuracy due to respondent biasesand attributions.b.Another common method for identifying distinct behavior categories is to have subject matterexperts sort behavior descriptions into categories based on similarity of purpose and content.The selections however, may be biased by prior assumptions and implicit leadership theories,and disagreements among subject matter experts are not easily resolved.c.Factor analysis of leadership behavior questionnaires found support for two broadly definedbehavior categories involvingtask-orientedandrelations-orientedbehaviors.i.Different labels were used for these meta-categories including:1.Initiating structure and consideration2.Production- centered and employee-centered leadership3.Instrumental and supportive leadership4.Performance and maintenance behaviorii.Yukl eventually found evidence for the construct validity of aleading-changemeta-category which led to important new insights about effective leadershipiii.Prior research on leader behavior descriptions were obtained from subordinates whodidn’t really observe their leaders interacting with people outside the work unit.3.Hierarchical Behavior Taxonomy-a.There are four meta-categories that have different primary objectives that all involvedeterminants of performancei.Task-oriented behavior- objective is to accomplish work in an efficient and reliable wayii.Relations-oriented behavior- objective is to increase the quality of human resources andrelations aka human capitaliii.Change-oriented behavior- objectives are to increase innovation, collective learning, andadaptation to the external environmentiv.External leadership behavior- objectives are to acquire necessary info and resources, andto promote and defend the interest of the team/organization4.Overview of Research on Effects of Leader Behaviora.Both task-oriented and relations-oriented meta-categories are related to independent measuresof leadership effectiveness. Upload your study docs or become a Course Hero member to access this document Upload your study docs or become a Course Hero member to access this document End of preview. Want to read all 3 pages? Upload your study docs or become a Course Hero member to access this document Newly uploaded documentsNewly uploaded documentsUniversity of Twente Student ThesesRikkink, I.A.S. (2014) The Game of balancing leadership behaviors : a qualitative study to disclose how leaders tailor leadership styles to be effective leaders in different kinds of situations.
Repository Staff Only: item control page What are the two primary leadership behaviors that early behavioral researchers identified?Their results identified two major sets of leader behaviors: consideration and initiating structure. Consideration is the “relationship-oriented” behavior of a leader.
How can a leaders behavior reflect a high concern for both task and relations?How can a leader's behavior reflect a high concern for both task and relations? by using empowering decision procedures (participative leadership) i.e. allowing other people such as subordinates to have some influence over decisions that will affect them.
What is relationship oriented leadership?Relationship-oriented leaders are focused on supporting, motivating and developing the people on their teams and the relationships within. This style of leadership encourages good teamwork and collaboration, through fostering positive relationships and good communication.
Which of the following terms is most closely related to employee orientation initiating structure team orientation production orientation consideration?The correct option is e) consideration; initiating structure
Employee-oriented leadership is similar to consideration, while production-oriented leadership is similar to initiating structure.
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Most studies on task-oriented and relations-oriented behavior found that ________.
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