Chapter 6:Leadership Traits and Skills
Learning Objectives After studying this chapter, you should be able to: ■ Understand how leader traits and skills are related to effective leadership. ■ Understand the types of research methods used to study leadership traits and skills. ■ Understand what traits and skills are most relevant for effective leadership. ■ Understand what traits and skills best predict success in a managerial career. ■ Understand how the relevance of a trait or skill depends on the situation. ■ Understand the limitations of the trait approach. Specific Traits Related to Leadership Effectiveness • High energy level and stress tolerance • Internal locus of control orientation • Emotional maturity • Personal integrity • Socialized power motivation • Moderately high achievement orientation • Moderately high self-confidence • Moderately low need for affiliation Three-factor Taxonomy of Broadly Defined Skills Technical Skills: Knowledge about methods, processes, procedu