University of Iowa and Ohio state behavioural Theories Ryan (Swag) Finley Aaron (Bleezy) Brooks Haley Zinn #Ben Nickerson

Behavioural Theories Leadership theories that identify behaviours that differentiate effective leaders for ineffective leaders.

The University of Iowa The university of Iowa studies explored 3 Leadership styles; Autocratic style Democratic style Laissez-faire style

Lewin and the boys Lewin and his associates researched which one of the leadership styles were most effective. Their results seemed to indicate that the democratic style contributed to both good quantity and quality of work.

Further Results The earlier test results proved that democratic style showed higher performance levels than autocratic style, but other tests proved that lower or equal performance levels were produced by democratic style.

The University of Ohio It began with over 1,000 behavioural dimensions, and researchers were able to narrow it down to 2 categories; Consideration Initiating structure

Definitions Initiating Structure: The extent to which a leader is likely to define and structure his or her role and the roles of group members in the search for goal attainment. Consideration: The extent to which a leader has job relationships characterized by mutual trust and respect for group members’ ideas and feelings.

Leaders who are high in both initiating structure and consideration behaviours are considered high-high leaders. High-high leaders achieved high group task performance and satisfaction more frequently.