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  • Implicit leadership theories in Eastern and Western Europe
    Konrad, Edvard
    Modern theories of leadership emphasize the cognitive interaction between leaders and followers. Experiences show that proper personality traits, proper behavior or proper situation for leading are ... not enough, a successfull performance of leader depends a lot on how he is accepted by his follower. That is why the study of inplicit leadership theories that determine these perceptions is important. Implicit leadership theories could be considered as cognitive schemas or prototypes that enables the person to categorize the behavior of leader. In the present study the implicit theories of Eastern and Western middle managers were compared. Results show similarities and difference in rating of prototypicality of 21 leadership behavior perceived by Eastern and Western managers. Possible influences of cultural differences on results are indicated. The implication of results for the selection and thedevelopment of leaders are discussed.
    Type of material - conference contribution
    Publish date - 1998
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 8770658