Leadership is a very important topic in social psychology. There may be many interesting leadership articles, leadership topics, leadership studies, and leadership questions. This page contains some articles on leadership.
The Concept of Leadership
One of these articles on this page concerns the definition of leadership. It is important to think about what is leadership and develop leadership models based on the definition of leadership. It is important to consider leadership as a process that may involve more than one person.
Also, it is important to think about how the definition of leadership may be different from the definition of management. One difference between leadership and management is that leadership, but not management, may involve organizational change. Management may simply involve the effective implementation of current procedures, but not the development of new procedures.
Types of Leadership
There may be a number of types of leadership. One type of leadership is participative leadership. Participative leadership may exist on a continuum. One of the articles on this page concerns organizational identification and participative leadership.
Leadership Attributes
There may be many important leadership attributes. These may include a number of skills, abilities, and personality attributes. I believe that there may be three types of leadership attributes: motivational, intellectual, and interpersonal.
The motivational attributes may involve personality attributes that motivate the leader to persist at a task. The motivational attributes may also involve being honest, fair, and altruistic.
The intellectual attributes involve the abilities that would help a person to solve complex problems in organizations. These include critical thinking ability, the ability to develop creative solutions, and the ability to integrate diverse ideas.
The interpersonal attributes involve the skills and personality attributes that would allow a person to communicate effectively and build rapport. The skills may involve being an effective listener, and being able to communicate in a clear, cogent, and concise manner. The personality attributes may involve being empathetic, humorous, respectful, and caring.
One of the articles on this page concerns the relationship between a supervisor's perceived sense of humor and job satisfaction.