Linking Leadership Emergence to Leadership Effectiveness and Team Performance in a Military Population
Abstract
According to Katz and Kahn (1978), leadership implies an influence increment, that goes beyond mechanically complying with one's role in an organization and routinely applying rewards or coercive power. A key argument we will make is that the ability to go beyond one's formal role depends on how a person is perceived by others. Based on this logic, we define leadership as the process of being perceived by others as a leader. Thus, leadership is not solely in leaders or solely in followers. Instead, it involves behaviors, traits, characteristics, and outcomes produced by leaders and interpreted by followers. Traits, behaviors and events are critical distinguishing features of leaders. Though these features may be made salient by leaders, they also must be noticed by perceivers. Perceptions others hold of leaders are critical for understanding the nature of leader-subordinate interactions, the use of direct and indirect influence by leaders and the amount of discretion afforded to leaders.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA354192
Entities
People
- Joseph A. Sgro
- Neil M. Hauenstein
- Roseanne J. Foti
Organizations
- Virginia Tech