Concept information
Preferred term
theories of leadership
Definition
- Leadership theories represent systematic organized knowledge to explain the nature and effectiveness of leadership. Theories provide a foundation for analyzing and predicting the complex nature of leadership behavior. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration; Leadership, Theories of]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- attribution processes
- charismatic leadership
- connective leadership
- decision making: the vroom/yetton/jago models
- deep change
- discourse ethics
- distinctive competence approach
- elite theory
- GLOBE research program
- grounded theory
- group and systems theory
- hot groups
- implicit leadership theories
- integrative theory
- labeling theory
- leader categorization theory
- leadership development
- leadership theories: overview
- mental models
- methodologies of leadership research
- path-goal analysis
- psychoanalytic theory
- qualitative methods
- situational and contingency approaches to leadership
- social capital theories
- social dilemmas
- sociobiology of leadership
- theories X, Y, and Z
- transformational and visionary leadership
- transformistic theory
- visionary leadership theory
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/theories_of_leadership
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