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Trait Theories of Leadership

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1 Trait Theories of Leadership

2 Agenda Description Theorists Strengths Critiques Case Studies

3 Description Collection of theories Personal attributes Innate
Situational concerns vary Key traits: Trustworthiness, emotional intelligence, courage, self-confidence, and adaptability

4 Theorists Ralph Stogdill (1948) R.D. Mann (1959)
M.W. McCall and M.M. Lombardo (1983) J.W. Gardner (1989)

5 Strengths Identification of Leaders Face validity
Trait lists have sizeable overlap

6 Critiques Too simplistic Contradictory research
Definitional relativism

7 Case Studies Abraham Lincoln Richard Nixon Barack Obama


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