GMS 200 Class 9 (Chapter 14) Key Terms 2025/2026

Authentic leadership

Leadership that activates positive psychological states to achieve self-awareness and positive self-regulation

Authority decision

A decision made by the leader and then communicated to the group

Autocratic-style leader

A leader who acts in a command-and-control fashion

Character leadership

Leaders have the values, traits, and virtues that engender credibility and trust

Charismatic leader

A leader who inspires followers in extraordinary ways.

Coercive power

The capacity to punish or withhold positive outcomes as a means of influencing other people

Consultative decision

A decision made by a leader after receiving information, advice, or opinions from group members

Democratic-style leader

A leader who emphasizes both tasks and people

Emotional intelligence

The ability to manage our emotions in social relationships

Empowerment

What enables others to gain and use decision-making power.

Expert power

The capacity to influence others because of specialized knowledge

Followership

The act of joining with a leader to accomplish tasks and goals

Gender similarities hypothesis

The notion that males and females have similar psychological properties

Group or team decision

A decision made by team members

Human capital

The ability to get things done based on what we know and can do

Human relations–style leader

A leader who emphasizes people over task

Information and networking power

The ability to influence others through access to information and contacts with other people

Integrity

What one shows when one acts with honesty, credibility, and consistency in putting values into action

Interactive leader

A leader who is a strong communicator and acts in democratic and participative ways with followers

Laissez-faire-style leader

A leader who has a "do the best you can and don't bother me" attitude

Leadership

The process of inspiring others to work hard to accomplish important tasks.

Leadership double bind

The situation where women get criticized for displaying stereotypical male leadership characteristics and also for displaying stereotypical female leadership characteristics

Leadership style

A recurring pattern of behaviours exhibited by a leader.

Least-preferred co-worker scale

A measure of leadership style used in Fiedler's contingency model

Legitimate power

The capacity to influence others by virtue of formal authority, or the rights of office.

Moral leadership

Leadership that is always "good" and "right" by ethical standards

Moral overconfidence

An overly positive view of one's strength of character

Power

The ability to get others to do something you want done or to make things happen the way you want

Referent power

The capacity to influence other people because of their desire to identify personally with you

Reward power

The capacity to offer something of value as a means of influencing other people

Servant leadership

Leadership that is follower-centred and committed to helping others in their work

Social capital

The ability to get things done because of who you know

Substitutes for leadership

Factors in the work setting that direct work efforts without the involvement of a leader.

Transformational leadership

Leadership that is inspirational and arouses extraordinary effort and performance

Vision

A clear sense of the future

Visionary leadership

Leadership that brings to the situation a clear sense of the future and an understanding of how to get there.