School of Business

Department of Management and International Management

Introduction to Business Management

Chapter 14 | Part 2

Essentials of Leadership
Fall 2020 - 2021

Course code - Chapter 14

Objective 14.2: Leadership Traits and Behaviors

Key Takeaways:
 Identify key leader behaviors that impact leadership effectiveness.
(P357 to P 359)

◦ Leadership traits
◦ Leadership behaviors
◦ Classic leadership styles

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Leadership Traits and Behaviors

Drive
Honesty
Self-
and
confidence
integrity

Important
Flexibility
traits for Creativity
leadership
success
Cognitive
Motivation
ability
Job-
relevant
knowledge

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 Leadership Traits and Behaviors

Leadership behavior
◦ Leadership behavior theories focus on how
leaders behave when working with followers
◦ Leadership styles are recurring patterns of
behaviors exhibited by leaders
◦ Basic dimensions of leadership behaviors:
◦ Concern for the task to be accomplished
◦ Concern for the people doing the work

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 Leadership Traits and Behaviors
Task concerns
• Plans and defines work to be
done
• Assigns task responsibilities
• Sets clear work standards
• Urges task completion
• Monitors performance
results
People concerns
• Acts warm and supportive
toward followers
• Develops social rapport with
followers
• Respects the feelings of
followers
• Is sensitive to followers’
needs
• Shows trust in followers
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Figure 14.2 Classic leadership styles combining
concerns for task and concerns for people

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 Leadership Traits and Behaviors

Classic leadership styles:

◦ Autocratic style
◦ Emphasizes task over people
◦ Human relations style
◦ Emphasizes people over task
◦ Laissez-faire style
◦ Shows little concern for task
◦ Democratic style
◦ Committed to task and people

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 Summary of Objective 14.2
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• Traits that seem to have a positive impact on leadership include drive,

integrity, and self-confidence.

• Research on leader behaviors has focused on alternative leadership styles

based on concerns for the task and concerns for people.

• One suggestion of leader-behavior researchers is that effective leaders are

team-based and participative, showing both high task and people concerns.