Leadership theories

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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