Ethical Leadership

Chapter: 1, 2, and 15

Leadership

The ability to inspire or direct people to listen to or follow you

key components of leadership

It is a process not a trait, it involved a group, common goals, influence

trait leadership

involves personal traits and characteristics, means someone is born to lead

process leadership 

someone becomes a leader through interaction and growth

assigned leadership

someone is in a leadership because of a formal position

emergent leadership 

someone is in power based on how group members respond to them

what factors effect leadership emergence

gender bias, communication, and personality

power

ability to influence

expert power

being competent

which forms of power are considered a personal power?

referent power and expert power

which forms of power are considered a position power?

reward, coercive, and information power

referent power

people who are like you

information power

having useful knowledge

coercive power 

the ability to punish others

legitimate power

formal authority

coercion

influencing people against their will

management function

produce order and consistency 

leadership function

produce adaptive change and movement

management activities  

organizing, planning, budgeting, and controlling 

leader activities

motivate and establish direction

personality

a person’s stable feelings, thoughts, and behavioral patterns

why is personality important for management

it influences interaction between people

Big 5 personality model (OCEAN)

openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism

strongest predicator of job performance from OCEAN 

conscientiousness

what is the relationship with OCEAN and job performance

all are positive except neuroticism 

trait activation theory

jobs are better suited to certain personalities

Out of OCEAN, which traits are for Autonomous Work 

conscientiousness and openness 

Out of OCEAN, which traits are for social skills

agreeableness, extraversion, neuroticism

Out of OCEAN, which traits are for competitive work

agreeableness and extraversion

Out of OCEAN, which traits are for creative work

openness

PANAS (positive and negative affectivity scale)

a psychological scale that measures the positive and negative emotion

self-monitoring

having adaptive behavior based on social skills

proactive personality

taking initiative to solve problems

four components of Core Self-evaluations

self-efficiency, self-esteem, emotional stability, locus of control

internal locus of control 

taking responsibility and accountability

external locus of control

blaming external stuff, helpless

Criticisms of the Myers Briggs personality model

the model criticizes, stereotypes, and is limited

What is the idea of the trait approach to leadership from early theories?

you were born to lead because of certain traits and characteristics you had

5 consistent leadership traits

intelligence, self-confidence, determination, sociability, integrity

5-factor personality model in relation to leadership

it provides framework and all parts are something a leader can use

emotional intelligence

recognizing and understanding your emotions as well as others

dimensions of emotional stability

self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and social skills

nature and nurture % in leadership

30% nature and 70% nurture

trait approach criticisms

limits teaching and leadership value

trait approach strengths 

identifies direction for personal growth

Tukman’s 5 stages of development

forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning

process losses

reduction in team performances

process gains

team performance is high

social loafing

people taking less responsibility in their group

group think

the tendency to avoid critical evaluation of ideas that are favored by the group

team cohesion 

how much you get along with the people in your group

3 factors to enhance team cohesion

team success, group size, member similarity

task role

helps to achieve a team goal

example of task role

initiator

social role

maintains team relationship

social role example

harmonizer

boundary spanning role 

leadership role that fosters collaboration and innovation

boundary spanning role example

spokesperson

task conflict

disagreement regarding work

relationship conflict

disagreement regarding personal matters between members

team contract purpose

declares agreements for rules and roles of a team

key areas of a team contract

values/goals, leadership, communication, decision-making, performance appraisal

psychological safety 

individuals can take risks to speak without fear of being negatively responded to

ethics 

appropriate conduct guiding people to do the right thing

preconventional moral development 

doing what right for you and avoiding punishment

conventional moral development

understanding right from wrong and wanting laws to have order

postconventional moral development

everyone has rights and some things are right and wrong

teleological approach 

morality is based on consequence of decisions

deontological approach

Morality depends on the intent of the action and whether it adheres to moral principles and duties

egoism

doing the greatest good for you

utilitarianism

doing the greatest good for the greatest amount of people

altruism

doing the greatest good for others

virtue based ethics

focuses on character by embodying personal qualities and traits. decisions are made not based on consequence

toxic triangle 

destructive leaders, susceptible followers, conductive environment

destructive leaders

narcs, hateful, negative life themes, personal power

susceptible followers 

bad values, low maturity, low self-evaluation

conductive environment

instability, lack of checks and balances, cultural values

5 principles of ethical leadership

respect others, serve others, promote justice, be honest, build community

Patagonia biggest takeaway

when running a business, ethics are a huge part of what keep that company going. relates to utilitarianism

openness

listing to others’ ideas and feelings

conscientiousness

your own self-discipline and motivation

extraversion

energy level and sociability

agreeableness

shows compliance and trust

neuroticism 

how resilient you are

self-awareness

being aware of your own thoughts and feelings

self-regulation

being able to control yourself 

empathy

understanding other’s emotions

social skills

applying empathy to your life 

forming 

Team members define the task at hand and how that task is to be accomplished

storming

Team members experience conflicts about interpersonal issues and differences in perspectives

norming

Team members develop norms and processes that encourage more collaborative behavior

performing

Team members adopt and play roles that enhance the activities of the group

adjourning

The team has finished the task at hand, and the group ends

goal setting theory

theory that describes how and why challenging goals can be motivating