Behavioral theories of leadership

Praise to Allah SWT giving us to stay alive in order to perform  and shows good behavior to others.(^_^)
this entry is about behavioral theories in leadership. So if you want to be a successful leader, you have to learn some skill of leadership.

This behavioral approach examines the behaviors of leaders and their relationship to the productivity and satisfaction of group members. This approach views the successful leader as one who displays particular behaviors and proposes that leadership is a skill which can be learned. According to social learning theory, the individual learns leadership by observing others who are leaders then copying their behavior. If this behavior is rewarded, then the observer is likely to repeat it, so he or she gradually learns how to be leader.

For instance, a newcomer to a team watches how the captain handles a disagreement between players. When the captain is successful in her efforts, the newcomer will remember how the disagreement was handled and is likely to use this approach herself. This is called vicarious reinforcement because seeing someone else being successful after a particular behavior makes it more likely to be repeated. The newcomer may copy the captain’s behavior when there is disagreement between teammates and she experiences success, will continue to use and develop these skills.

In addition, based on previous studies conducted by researchers at the Ohio State University (Halpin & Winer, 1957), there are two leader behavior characteristics emerged that related to group effectiveness: consideration and initiating structure.

Consideration in work relationships involves mutual trust and respect for attention to the feelings and ideas of others. Leader identified as having high consideration behavior demonstrated effective communication and rapport with others.

Initiating structure is reflected in behaviours that serve to define and structure individual roles toward goal attainment. Leader who identified as behaving with high initiating structure were active in directing group activities, communicating, scheduling, and experimenting new ideas..

Additional researchers have examined sports leadership from a behavioral perspective. Hoffman (2003) mentioned that athletes reported work ethic, knowledge, and preparation as the most important coaching behaviors.

In short these theories have been continued to be used in order to understand leadership in sport setting.

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