Behavioral Theories
2 Identify the central tenets and main limitations of behavioral theories.
Trait research provides a basis for selecting the right people for leadership. Behavioral theories of leadership, in contrast, imply we can train people to be leaders.
The most comprehensive behavioral theories of leadership resulted from the Ohio State Studies,11 which sought to identify independent dimensions of leader behavior. Beginning with more than a thousand dimensions, the studies narrowed the list to two that substantially accounted for most of the leadership behavior described by employees: initiating structure and consideration.
Initiating structure is the extent to which a leader is likely to define and structure his or her role and ...
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