Leadership: Dispositional and Situational. Revision

Abstract

For over four decades, leadership research has examined the issue of whether internal dispositions (traits), situational characteristics (contexts), or some combination of these, influence the behavior of leaders. After providing an integrative review of this literature, a clarification is presented by explicitly considering multiple levels of analysis in the conceptualization and testing of these views of leadership. Implications for future leadership research and managerial practice are discussed. Keywords: Disposition, Situations, Traits, Contexts, Multiple levels of analysis, Managerial practice, Person-situation debate, Varient approach, WABA, Transformational leadership.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA204116

Entities

People

  • Bernard M. Bass
  • Francis J. Yammarino

Organizations

  • Binghamton University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

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  • Applied Psychology
  • Business Administration
  • Cellular Structures
  • Classification
  • Cognitive Science
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Data Analysis
  • Educational Psychology
  • Information Processing
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Systems Engineering
  • Training

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  • Education
  • Psychology

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  • Systems Analysis and Design