Supportive leadership behavior handle with care 1.4
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Supportive leadership emphasizes being friendly, considerate, and encouraging, which fosters development and cohesion among followers. While supportive behaviors can greatly enhance job satisfaction and performance, they must be tailored to individual needs and the context, as ineffective use can occur. Factors such as follower characteristics, task complexity, and organizational dynamics influence the effectiveness of supportive leadership.
Supportive leadership behavior handle with care 1.4
- 1. HOW DOES SUPPORTIVE LEADERSHIP IS EFFECTIVE?
- 2. Types of Supportive Leadership Behavior •Being friendly, informative, and encouraging •Being considerate and understanding •Showing concern for followers needs
- 3. Being sympathetic to other’s problems Getting to know and help them to slave the problems
- 4. 1.Helping followers develop abilities and careers 2. Giving freedom to express their ideas
- 6. APPRECIAT 1 • They satisfy people’s needs to be liked and appreciated by others. • to be respected as capable and valuable, • to be continually improving • Make others to work along with you • Get team support
- 7. support 2 Supportiveness helps keep a group together promoting cohesion among members keeping individuals from becoming alienated”
- 8. Can Supportive Behavior ever be Ineffective ? Yes! A leader must be careful how supportive behavior is used. The approach should be to the needs and concerns of followers.
- 9. Skills, Traits, and Sources of Power Expert Power Referent Power Technical and professional competence Reward Power Interpersonal Skills Communication Skills Supportive Skills and Power Bases
- 10. • Through positive •Friendly interpersonal relations •Leader supports followers •Cooperates with them •Develops trust with them and assists them.
- 11. • Provides social support when followers are upset or under pressure. • Sociable leaders enjoy spending time on a regular basis with each follower. • Maintain positive cheerful disposition, • said to be easy to get along with, • Show consideration •Have trust towards others
- 12. • Must have expertise to provide training and development. •Supportive resource in solving problems • Provide useful feedback on performance • Increases leader’s confidence •Willingness to support
- 13. • Effectively convey their ideas and feelings, listen actively, and elicit ideas and feelings from their followers. • Be responsive to followers’ task-related problems, complaints, and personal problems. • To indicate how much followers are valued . Communication Skill
- 14. When superior is supportive Organizational mission ◦Human services ◦Work with volunteers ◦High involvement, ◦ High commitment cultures.
- 15. Supportive Behavior is needed Propositions: a) The leader should show the most concern, be most considerate, and provide the greatest encouragement for the best performers because positive behavior should be reinforced. b) Interpersonal support should be provided to followers as needed regardless of performance.
- 16. Follower Benefits: > Satisfaction with > work, job & supervisor > Increased commitment >Reduced stress >Increased self-confidence > Increased performance
- 17. Supportive Leadership and its importance • Increased cooperation • Increased productivity Organizational Benefits: • Increased cohesiveness & harmony • Lower turnover, absenteeism, lateness, grievances
- 18. SUPPORTIVENESS MAY OR MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE 1) Followers are under high stress while trying to complete a dangerous task. 2) Followers are new to the job and are unsure of their abilities and positions. 3) Followers are small group of counselors in a student services dept. of a state university. 4)Followers are very opinionated and stubborn in their point of view.
- 19. Supportiveness may or may not be Effective 5) Followers are a large group (over 30) who work at widely varying tasks at different locations. 6) Tasks require creativity and new learning with much competition and possible conflict with other groups. 7) Work involves designing & testing computer programs. Personnel is highly trained and competent and obtain a great deal of satisfaction from their work.
- 20. FACTORS THAT INCREASE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPPORTIVE LEADERSHIP Follower Characteristics • Low self-confidence • Low self-esteem • Insecurity • Expectation that leader will be supportive • High growth needs
- 21. FACTORS THAT INCREASE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPPORTIVE LEADERSHIP Task Characteristics •Dissatisfying •Stressful •Highly structured •Requires creativity •Requires learning
- 22. FACTORS THAT INCREASE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPPORTIVE LEADERSHIP Organizational and Group Characteristics • External Conflict • Newly formed group • Cohesive group with shared beliefs in leader • Formal plans, goals, and procedures • Mission emphasizing human services • Authoritarian superior
- 23. Factors that Decrease Effectiveness Dogmatic Followers Large Group Broad Task Scope High Level Job
- 24. Factors that Replace the Need for Feedback from Task •Rapid •Specific •Accurate Situational Factors Intrinsically satisfying task •Interesting •Gratifying •Meaningful Supportive Leadership High importance placed on organizational rewards •Pay Raises •Promotions
- 25. Leader Supportiveness • Concerned, trusting, and respectful of followers • Considerate understanding attitude • Friendly, encouraging, communicative • Fostering follower development
- 26. Enhancers of Supportiveness • Dissatisfying or stressful job • Low follower self-confidence, insecurity, or self esteem • Follower expectations of high growth needs • Structured work tasks • Complex creative task • External group conflict • New or cohesive group • Organizational mission • Authoritarian superior
- 27. FOLLOWER PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTIONS • Satisfaction of esteem and acceptance of need • Satisfaction with work and supervisor • Overall job satisfaction • Organizational commitment • Lower perceived stress and burnout • Group harmony and cohesion
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