Chapter 4 - Style approach, the main contents of this chapter include all of the following: Style approach perspective, Ohio State studies, University of Michigan studies, Blake & Mouton’s Leadership Grid, how does the style approach work? Inviting you refer. | Leadership Northouse, 4th edition Chapter 4 - Style Approach Overview Style Approach Perspective Ohio State Studies University of Michigan Studies Blake & Mouton’s Leadership Grid How Does the Style Approach Work? Style Approach Description Emphasizes the behavior of the leader Focuses exclusively on what leaders do and how they act Comprised of two general kinds of Behaviors Task behaviors Facilitate goal accomplishment: Help group members achieve objectives Relationship behaviors Help subordinates feel comfortable with themselves, each other, and the situation Perspective Definition Ohio State Studies Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ) Identify number of times leaders engaged in specific behaviors 150 questions Participant settings (military, industrial, educational) Results Particular clusters of behaviors were typical of leaders Ohio State Studies, cont’d. LBDQ-XII (Stogdill, 1963) Shortened version of the LBDQ Most widely used leadership assessment instrument Results - Two general types of leader behaviors: Initiating structure – Leaders provide structure for subordinates Task behaviors - organizing work, giving structure to the work context, defining role responsibility, scheduling work activities Consideration - Leaders nurture subordinates Relationship behaviors – building camaraderie, respect, trust, & liking between leaders & followers University of Michigan Studies Exploring leadership behavior Specific emphasis on impact of leadership behavior on performance of small groups Results - Two types of leadership behaviors conceptualized as opposite ends of a single continuum Employee orientation Strong human relations emphasis Production orientation Stresses the technical aspects of a job Later studies reconceptualized behaviors as two independent leadership orientations - possible orientation to both at the same time Blake & Mouton’s Managerial (Leadership) Grid Historical Perspective Leadership Grid Components Authority-Compliance (9,1) . | Leadership Northouse, 4th edition Chapter 4 - Style Approach Overview Style Approach Perspective Ohio State Studies University of Michigan Studies Blake & Mouton’s Leadership Grid How Does the Style Approach Work? Style Approach Description Emphasizes the behavior of the leader Focuses exclusively on what leaders do and how they act Comprised of two general kinds of Behaviors Task behaviors Facilitate goal accomplishment: Help group members achieve objectives Relationship behaviors Help subordinates feel comfortable with themselves, each other, and the situation Perspective Definition Ohio State Studies Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ) Identify number of times leaders engaged in specific behaviors 150 questions Participant settings (military, industrial, educational) Results Particular clusters of behaviors were typical of leaders Ohio State Studies, cont’d. LBDQ-XII (Stogdill, 1963) Shortened version of the LBDQ Most widely used leadership assessment instrument .
