Over time, a number of theories of leadership have been proposed. Here are some of the main ideas.
- Great Man Theory
- Trait Theory
- Behavioral Theories
- Role Theory
- The Managerial Grid
- Participative Leadership
- Lewin’s leadership styles
- Likert’s leadership styles
- Situational Leadership
- Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership
- Vroom and Yetton’s Normative Model
- House’s Path-Goal Theory of Leadership
- Contingency Theories
- Fiedler’s Least Preferred Co-worker (LPC) Theory
- Cognitive Resource Theory
- Strategic Contingencies Theory
- Transactional Leadership
- Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory
- Transformational Leadership
- Bass’ Transformational Leadership Theory
- Burns’ Transformational Leadership Theory
- Kouzes and Posner’s Leadership Participation Inventory
See also
Motivation theories, Theories about power
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