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Behavioral Leadership: Research Dimensions, Grid Styles, and Situational Fit

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Summary

This lesson explains why leadership research moved beyond personal traits to examine what leaders actually do. Understanding this shift helps managers focus on behaviors they can practice and adapt.

Early leadership research often sought personal qualities that distinguished leaders from other people. Findings suggested that traits such as drive, self-confidence, honesty, and integrity matter: people with these characteristics may be more likely to emerge as leaders and to lead effectively.

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Consideration
Relationship-oriented leader behavior that supports group maintenance through respect, open communication, and concern for members.
Initiating structure
Task-oriented leader behavior that organizes work and resources to help achieve group goals.
Organizational member-centered behavior
Michigan-study behavior focused on consideration and support for organization members.
Work facilitation
Behavior that enables a group to carry out its tasks.
Team management (9,9)
Leadership Grid style marked by high concern for both results and people.

Quiz questions

  1. In the University of Michigan studies, what does job-centered behavior emphasize?Answer: Supervisory and task functions, including planning and coordinating work.
  2. Which pair of behaviors supports group maintenance through relationships and a supportive climate?Answer: Support and interaction facilitation.
  3. What two concerns are represented by the Leadership Grid®?Answer: Concern for results and concern for people.
  4. Which Leadership Grid® position represents low concern for results and high concern for people?Answer: Country-club management (1,9).
  5. What conclusion did research support about the effectiveness of leadership behavior?Answer: The effectiveness of a behavior pattern depends partly on the situation.

Based on Principles of Management by David S. Bright, Anastasia H. Cortes, Eva Hartmann, K. Praveen Parboteeah, Jon L. Pierce, Monique Reece, Amit Shah, Siri Terjesen, Joseph Weiss, Margaret A. White, Donald G. Gardner, Jason Lambert et al. (OpenStax), licensed CC BY 4.0. Adapted into a summary, flashcards and quizzes.

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