Predicting Organizational Effectiveness With a Four-Factor Theory of Leadership

Recent research in the area of leadership seems to point to the existence of four basic dimensions of leadership: support, interaction facilitation, goal emphasis, and work facilitation. Data from a recent study of 40 agencies of one of the leading life insurance companies are used to evaluate the i...

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Published in:Administrative science quarterly 1966-09, Vol.11 (2), p.238-263
Main Authors: Bowers, David G., Seashore, Stanley E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business
Business management
Business structures
Financial management
Human resources
Leader/Leaders/Leadership
Management
Office management
Organization/Organizations/ Organizational/ Organize/ Organizers/ Organized/ Organizing
Organizational effectiveness
Peer relations
Prediction/Predictions/ Predictive/ Predictors/ Predicability
Questionnaires
Social interaction
Subordinate personnel
Theory/Theories/Theorem/ Theorizing
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Summary:Recent research in the area of leadership seems to point to the existence of four basic dimensions of leadership: support, interaction facilitation, goal emphasis, and work facilitation. Data from a recent study of 40 agencies of one of the leading life insurance companies are used to evaluate the impact of both supervisory and peer leadership upon outcomes of satisfaction and factorial performance measures. Results from the study suggest that this conceptual model is useful and that leadership's relation to organizational outcomes may best be studied when both leadership and effectiveness are multidimensional. Both peer and supervisory leadership measures relate to outcomes. In most instances, the ability to predict is enhanced by taking simultaneous account of certain nonleadership variables.
ISSN:0001-8392
DOI:10.2307/2391247