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AnalysisofLeadershipRelations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 TypesofLeaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 SelectedProsandCons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5 NeocharismaticLeadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 IntroductionandBackground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 MaxWeber:CharismaandLegitimatedAuthority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 CharismaticLeadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 vii viii Contents TheEarlyConcept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 CharismaasAttribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Self-Concept-BasedTheoryofCharisma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 CharismaasFire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Value-BasedLeadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 BacktotheFollowers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 TheGLOBEResearchProgram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 TransformationalLeadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 FactorsofTransformationalLeadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 FactorsofTransactionalLeadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Non-leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 SimilaritiesintheApproaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 SelectedProsandCons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 6 Leader?memberExchangeTheory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 IntroductionandBackground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 QualitiesandDevelopmentofLeader?memberRelations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 EffectsandDevelopmentofHigh-qualityLeader?member Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 SelectedProsandCons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 7 IdiosyncrasyCreditModelofLeadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 IntroductionandBackground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 DevelopmentofStatus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 NonconformityofLeaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Electedvs. AppointedLeaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 SelectedProsandCons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 8 SymbolicLeadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 IntroductionandBackground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 ALeader'sActingIsSymbolized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 LeadershipasBeingSymbolizedandSymbolizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 SelectedProsandCons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 9 Micro-politicsApproachtoLeadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 IntroductionandBackground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 PoliticsandLeadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 TacticsofMicro-politicalBehavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 AModelofPoliticalLeaderBehavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Micro-politicsandtheLifeCycleofanOrganization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Micro-politicsIsNotInherentlyBad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 SelectedProsandCons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 10 RoleTheoryofLeadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 IntroductionandBackground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Contents ix ExpectationsandtheRoleSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 TheProcessofRoleAscription. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 RoleCon?icts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 SelectedProsandCons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 11 SocialLearningTheoryofLeadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 IntroductionandBackground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 CharacteristicsofSocialLearninginLeadershipRelations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 ModelLearning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 TheRoleofCognitiveProcesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Self-reinforcementandSelf-control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 CentralTheoreticalModeloftheApproach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 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