In their conclusion of their chapter on leadership and cultural variation. Dorfman‚ Hanges and Brodbeck (2004‚ p. 711) re-iterated the pervasive question asked in the cross-cultural management literature‚ “Does culture influence leadership‚ and‚ if so‚ why and how?” The answer was partly given in Dorfman and House’s (2004) review of extant work on leadership‚ namely‚ that there is still no definitive answer since the evaluative interpretations of leadership still vary across cultures. Furthermore
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The world in which we live we have a lot of leaders that have been the key for the development of this society in which we live. A leader is a person that guide the others towards a goal ‚ showing the way and creating an environment that allows the active participation of all the team members. In agreement to his way of exercising the conduction of the team‚ the leader can be considered to be authoritarian‚ democratically or laissez faire. The leadership does not depend only on the person who gives
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LEADERS AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: According to F. John Reh‚ a leader is someone who offers leadership roles to others. A leader is someone who should have a vision and goals to achieve. They only achieve their goals by taking steps and strength which keeps them moving towards their goals without any obstacles. What differentiate a leader with others is all about the traits a leader is required to have‚ the traits can be inborn or improved
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Leadership skills can be developed in many ways. Whether through educational experiences‚ volunteer work‚ or experiences people undertake in life‚ every person inherits some variety of leadership skills. I have had the opportunity in my life to develop leadership skills through careers‚ education‚ and most importantly fatherhood. I have learned from personal experiences that being a leader is far more than just my own skills‚ but the capability to provide others with motivation‚ communication‚ integrity
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Leading involves influencing others. Leaders‚ therefore‚ are people who know exactly what they want to achieve and why. They mobilize other people to influence actions‚ beliefs and feelings. Over the last 80 years‚ there have been various theories explaining leaderships like trait theories and transformational theories. Transformational leadership is defined as a leadership approach that causes change in individuals and social systems. In its ideal form‚ it creates valuable and positive change in
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The appliance of the psychology of leadership to choose the leader of an organization 1.0 Introduction In recent years‚ the theory of leadership is increasingly being used in the study of management. The leadership theory can help to improve the leader’s comprehensive qualities and achieve the common goal of an organization. Western leadership theory‚ especially the US-led theory‚ there are two research directions: First‚ start from the leaders to study leadership theory; second‚ start
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COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP Collaborative Leadership has an approach that empowers employees; develop creative and innovative thoughts and actions to strategically contribute and cooperate for the success of a group. Collaborative leaders have a proactive and interactive behavior‚ have a passion for a cause‚ take risks‚ deal with high level of frustration and facilitate a diversity group to accomplish a shared outcome. According to David Archer and Alex Cameron‚ a collaborative leader must learn how
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This paper will discuss various theories‚ including leader-centric approach as well as follower-centric approach and investigate the relationship and interaction between these two parts of an equation to answer the question of “astute leadership practice requires followership” and to prove these two sides are like the yin and yen of successful leadership practice. Some personal experience regarding to these issues will be included along the essay with the aim of applying theoretical theories into
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His name sounds like it can be a superhero’s name‚ but he‚ Malcolm X‚ being a rights-activist and public speaker‚ once said‚ “I believe in human beings‚ and that all human beings should be respected as such‚ regardless of their color.” (Quotes by X 1). X‚ a role model to the black community and founder of the Muslim Mosque Inc.‚ was a powerful black leader who fought for human rights and equality. X became one of the most known people‚ somewhat of an alternative to Martin Luther King Jr.‚ to speak
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The dictionary defines a leader as someone who leads. This definition in not helpful for anyone wanting to become a leader themselves because a leader is so much more than someone who leads. A leader has great virtues that allow them to obtain the trust of others. Through leadership experiences‚ one will learn the qualities needed to be a leader. I have gained leadership experiences through hockey‚ work and student government. These experiences taught me to be calm‚ passionate‚ and gain the respect
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