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University of Iowa and Ohio state
behavioural TheoriesRyan (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.