Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Approaches to
Motivation and
Leadership
- Democratic
Leadership Style
- Theory Y Understanding
- Assumptions about Employeese
- "The average person does not
inherently dislike work" (86)
- "People are self-motivated
(87).
- "People accept and seek
responsibility" (87)
- They want "autonomy, mastery, and purpose" (Pink)
- Assumptions about Leader's role
- To work with and empower employees
- Giving "guidance" and allowing employees to be a vital
part of process and empowering them in this way.
- Work becomes meaningful.
- More powerful motivation than financial reward (Pink)
- To be "supportive" as employees
are "self-directed" (91)
- "Stronger work
motivation and
creativity" (91)
- Laissez-Faire Leadership
Style
- Assumptions about Employees
- "ignore workers and their work motivations" (92)
- Displays a
lack of
concern for
motivation,
which
"stiffles" it
(92).
- Result: "Without a sense of purpose
and direction, group members have
difficulty finding meaning in their
work; they become unmotivated and
disheartened...productivity goes
down" (92).
- Assumptions about Leader's role
- Feel no need to provide support, guidance, goals, or directions.
- "minimal influence" (92)
- Authoritarian Leadership Style
- Negative side of Authoritarian Leadership
Style (Theory X)
- Assupmtions about Employees
- "People dislike work" (85)
- "People need to be
directed and
controlled" (85)
- "people want
security, not
responsibility"
(85)
- Assumptions about Leader's
Role
- These leaders "perceive" that their
employees are "needing direction" (90).
- Necessary to "motivate subordinates,
because these workers have little
self-motivation" (86)
- Positive side of Authoritarian Leadership
Style
- Can "give direction and
clarity to people's
work...accomplish more in
a shorter period" (90).
- Useful in new situations when employees need a lot of
direction, high stress situations, and other many
necessary situations (90-91).
- "very efficient and
successful in motivating
others to accomplish
work (90).
- Authoritarian leadership style is based on mostly on extrinsic motivators. While effective in the short
term, does not motivate as strongly, nor have the same effect as intrinsic motivators (Pink).
- References
- Northouse, P. (2009). Introduction to leadership: Concepts and practice
(3rd ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications.
- [Video file]. (2009, July). In TEDTalk The Puzzle of Motivation.
Retrieved October 11, 2016, from
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation?language=en