Leadership硏究의 理論 考察 = A Study on Leadership Theories

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Social psychology, sociology, and other social sciences have made intensive efforts to obtain a scientific understanding of leadership phenomena.
In this paper I examined four possible theories of leadership. First, the trait theory focuses on the qualities or characteristics of leaders and has explored wide variety of traits which leaders seem to have. But the present level of research shows that there is not likely to be found any common trait to account for leadership in all spheres.
Second, a modification of the trait theory is the type theory or the constellation-of-trait theory. According to this approach, it is recognized that each leaders has a pattern of traits which constitute his leadership capacity. But this theory has. also the theoretical deficiency in that no given trait-cluster invariably makes the person possessing it a leader. Because effective leadership varies from situation to situation.
Third, the situation theory looks upon leader behavior as the product of situation in which leaders are placed. This approach, therefore, primarily concentrate on the analysis of physical and social settings to be thought to produce leader behavior. But this perspective is apt to overlook relative changeability of situations' themselves and it readily falls into environment determinism.
And the fourth point of view is the interaction theory. This is the comprehensive theory of leadership which incorporates and integrate all the major variables relating to leadership phenomena. This approach regards leadership as a function of personality, and of the social situation, and of these two in interaction. This interaction theory is the most sophiscated and powerful tool so far devised for the study of leadership.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 序言
• Ⅱ. 特性追求 理論
• Ⅲ. 類型 理論
• Ⅳ. 狀況追求 理論
• Ⅴ. 相互作用 理論
• Ⅵ. 結語