Criminal Justice 2012

Criminal Justice 2012

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Chapter 6:Parameters for Empowerment

and Trust: Style Theory

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Objective

• To integrate the two major behavioral aspects of the leader, task and relationship, in order to influence subordinates to reach a predefined goal.

• Develop a “style” for effective leadership.


Definition

• Focus is on the behavior of the individual in terms of what leaders do and how they act.

• Concentration on the integration of task (initiating) and relationship (consideration) behavior to influence others to reach their goals.

• Maximize the impact on the satisfaction and performance of followers.


Blake and Mouton Grid

9 1, 9 9,9 8 Country Club Team P 7 E 6 O 5 5, 5 P 4 Middle L 3 E 2 Impoverished Authority-Compliance 1 1,1 9,1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R E S U L T S


Application

• Suggests that leaders should modify their behavioral style in order to increase their effectiveness

• People sometimes use different styles just to get what they want at that point in time

• Trade-off between task and relationship is not the same for all situations

• Employee satisfaction is not always the best measurement of leadership


The Style Theory

• What leaders do (not who they are)• Task-oriented behavior• Relationship-oriented behavior• Universal theories of leadership:

• Most effective 9,9—both task- and relationship-oriented• Most effective when leader changes the situation rather

than adapting to it


The Style Theory

• Began to blend with situational and contingency theories, which emphasize environmental variables over the leader’s behavior style

• The two dimensions of behavior: consideration and structure were tested in military leadership environments


The Style Theory in Military Environments During Training

• Crew members’ satisfaction with their commanders during training was positively related to consideration and negatively related to structure

• Supervisors viewed the commanders more positively if they were high on structure and low in consideration


The Style Theory in Military Environments During Combat

• Crew members felt more effective when their commanders scored high in both consideration and structure

• Supervisors of the commanders again were more positively oriented towards commanders high in structure


Style Theory in Military Environments Stoghill, 1974

• Military groups tend to be more cohesive when their leaders score high in both consideration and structure—however:

• They remained skeptical that either measure was highly related to effectiveness of accomplishing organizational goals


Style Theory and Police Leadership Kirmeyer & Lin, 1987

• Studied relationship between police dispatchers and their supervisors

• Effective communication was best facilitated when the subordinated felt they received social support from their supervisors—therefore, they responded better to managers whose style was high on the relationship-oriented continuum

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