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Self-Management as a Substitute for Leadership: A Social Learning Theory Perspective
Charles C. Manz,Henry P. Sims +1 more
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In this article, the capability of the follower for self-management is discussed, where individuals manage their own behaviors by setting personal standards, evaluating their performance in terms of these standards, and self-administering consequences based on their self-evaluations.Abstract:
Kerr [1976] has coined the term “substitutes for leaders hip” in reference to nonleader sources of task structure and direction. We focus on one such substitute, the capability of the follower for self-management Individuals manage their own behaviors by setting personal standards, evaluating their performance in terms of these standards, and by self-administering consequences based on their self-evaluations. Specific techniques such as self-observation, goal specification, cueing strategies, incentive modification, and rehearsal can be used to exercise self-management behavior. Organizational leaders can help subordinates develop self-management skills.read more
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Justice as a mediator of the relationship between methods of monitoring and organizational citizenship behavior
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined relationships among three methods of leader monitoring, employee perceptions of workplace justice, and employee citizenship behavior, and found that monitoring would negatively affect citizenship because close control may keep employees from performing duties seen as extra and perhaps not leading to rewards.
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Vertical versus shared leadership as predictors of the effectiveness of change management teams: An examination of aversive, directive, transactional, transformational, and empowering leader behaviors.
Craig L. Pearce,Henry P. Sims +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the role of shared and vertical leadership in team effectiveness and found that shared leadership is more useful than vertical leadership for high-autonomy change management teams.
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Leading Workers to Lead Themselves: The External Leadership of Self-Managing Work Teams.
Charles C. Manz,Henry P. Sims +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the paradoxical role of the external leaders of self-managing workteams and find that external leaders' most important behaviors are those that facilitate the team's self-management through self-observation, self-evaluation, and self-reinforcement.
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Knowledge, motivation, and adaptive behavior : a framework for improving selling effectiveness
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose that adaptive selling is influenced by salespeople's knowledge of customer types and sales strategies as well as their motivation to alter the direction of their behavior.
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Proactivity during organizational entry: The role of desire for control.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors described the various ways that newcomers proactively attempt to gain feelings of personal control during organizational entry and examined their longitudinal effects on self-reported performance and satisfaction in a sample of organizational newcomers.
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