Strengths Of Leadership: Distributive Leadership And Leader-Member Exchange

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Leadership theories/approaches have gradually evolved overtime. The initial theories began with the traits theory and progressed toward behavior, situational, adaptive, authentic, appreciative, transformational, transactional, servant, shared collective or distributive, and leader-member exchange. Leadership is a challenging and multifaceted process dependent upon numerous aspects such as, situation, personality and relationship of leader and follower, skills and knowledge, environment, and organizational and personal goals. The purpose of this paper is to discuss two specific approaches of leadership: distributive leadership and leader-member exchange, strengths and weakness of each approach, examples of approach dependent upon certain situations, …show more content…

Employee engagement is recognized as an important component to affect organizational effectiveness (Kataria, Garg, & Rastogi, 2013). Additional strengths include enhanced organizational growth and transformation, enriched advancements, boosts creativity, and competitive maintenance of various generational age groups (Muijs, 2011; Rose & Gordon, 2015). Weaknesses include internal competition amongst the team members, making final decisions may be drawn out, and less focus on individual leadership …show more content…

Research by Mcandrews, Kunreuther, & Bronznick (2011), identified most for-profit organizations utilizing the traditional single leader approach; whereas more nonprofit organizations using a distributive leadership approach. The nonprofit sectors were more innovative and open to a collaborative approach to leadership. Casimir, Ngee, Yuan Wang, & Ooi (2014) researched the leader-member exchange theory and it’s the effects of differing cultures: Chinese and Western management styles. The continuous evolution and rapid developing economies world-wide creates the need for a more modernized leadership style and generational relevant methods. The conclusion indicated that despite the different cultures, leader-member exchange approach showed an increased organizational commitment and improved workplace

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