(BQ) Part 2 book "Organizational behavior" has contents: The leadership process, leader traits and behavioral styles, organizational culture and innovation, organizational structure and design. | Find more at The Leadership Process 13 The Key Point Although many people think of leadership as the behavior of leaders, it is actually generated in interactions and relationships between people. Understanding leadership as a process opens our eyes to the fact that leadership is co-produced by leaders and followers working together in organizational contexts. ■ What’s Inside? ■ Bringing OB to LIFE BUILDING CHARISMA THROUGH POLISHED RHETORIC ■ Worth Considering . . . or Best Avoided? Chapter at a Glance ■ ■ ■ BOSSES ARE TO BE OBEYED AND MY JOB IS TO COMPLY. OR IS IT? ■ Checking Ethics in OB WORKERS SHARE THEIR SALARY SECRETS ■ Finding the Leader in You GOOGLE’S TRIUMVIRATE GIVES WAY TO NEW LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE ■ What Is Leadership? What Is Followership? What Do We Know about Leader–Follower Relationships? What Do We Mean by Leadership as a Collective Process? ■ OB in Popular Culture LEADER IDENTITY AND FORREST GUMP ■ Research Insight PARTICIPATORY LEADERSHIP AND PEACE 281 Find more at 282 CHAPTER 13 ■ The Leadership Process Leadership LE A R N ING ROA DM A P FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEADERSHIP IMPLICIT LEADERSHIP THEORIES • LEADERSHIP AS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION When we think of leadership, we often think of leaders. But leaders are only one element of leadership. Other key elements are followers, leader–follower relationships, and context. It is only when all these elements come together effectively that leadership is produced. For this reason, leadership should be thought of as a process. The leadership process shown in the nearby figure is co-created by leaders and followers Leadership is an influence acting in context. Leadership is generated when acts of leading (., influencing) are comprocess generated when acts bined with acts of following (., deferring). It represents an influence relationship between of leading (., influencing) two or more people who depend on one another for
