Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Lehrstuhl für Psychologie, insb. Wirtschafts- und Sozialpsychologie
(Prof. Dr. Klaus Moser)
Relationships between Leader Reward and Punishment Behaviour and Group Processes and Productivity
Date: 14-7-2011
Team Management (SS 2011)
Course: RUW 33701
Theory paper
Lecturer:
Study year: 1st
Study major: International Business Studies
Area of study: IBS (Erasmus)
Student ID: 21576637
Content
Content 2
1 Introduction 3
2 The Study 5 2.1 Background and expectations 5 2.2 Methods of research 7 2.3 Results 8
3 Discussion 10
References 12
Statement 13
Appendix 1 14
Introduction
The aim of this term paper is to discuss the review article Relationships between Leader Reward and Punishment Behavior and Group Processes and Productivity by Philip M. Podsakoff and William D. Todor. The article was published in Journal of Management in 1985.
The leadership issue had been discussed since decades. After the failure of Traits theories, which considered personal characteristics and qualities as the main attribute of a leader, the Behavioural theories developed in late 40´s to 60´s (Robbins, Judge & Campbell, 2010). These theories proposed that what makes difference between leader and non-leaders is a specific behaviour.
Since then, many different leadership theories and approaches were developed. One of them differentiates between Transactional and Transformational leadership. Robbins, Judge and Campbell (2010) defines Transactional leaders as leaders who “guides and or motivate their followers in the direction of established goals by clarifying role and task requirements” while Transformational leaders “inspire followers to transcend their own self-interest for the good of the organization and are capable of having a profound and extraordinary effect on followers”(p. 345).
Podsakoff conducted many researches on on
References: Podsakoff, P.M., Todor, W.D. (1985). Relationships Between Leader Reward and Punishment Behavior and Group Processes and Productivity. Journal of Management, 11, 55-73 Podsakoff, P.M., Todor, W.D., & Skov, R.B Podsakoff, P.M.,& Skov, R. (1980). [Leader reward and punishment behavior scales]. Unpublished research, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Robbins, S.P., Judge, T.A., Campbell T.T. (2010) Organizational Behaviour. Edinburgh Gate: Pearson Education LTD Szilagyi, A.D Philip M. Podsakoff. (n.d.). In Indiana University. Retrieved July 7, 2010, from http://www.indiana.edu/~alldrp/members/podsakoff.html Statement