Theoretical Perspectives in Leadership Research

The Trait Approach

• Van Iddekinge, C.H., Ferris, G.R., & Heffner, T.S. (2009). Test of a multistage model of distal and proximal antecedents of leader performance. Personnel Psychology, 62, 463-495.

The Style Approach

• Derue, D.S., Nahrgang, J.D., Wellman, N., & Humphrey, S.E. (2011). Trait and behavioral theories of leadership: An integration and meta-analytic test of their relative validity. Personnel Psychology, 64, 7-52.

Situational and Contingency Theories

• Schriesheim, C.A., Tepper, B.J., & Tetrault, L.A. (1994). Least preferred co-worker score, situational control, and leadership effectiveness: A meta-analysis of contingency model performance predictions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 79, 561-573.
• Ng, K., Ang, S., & Chan, K. (2008). Personality and leader effectiveness: A moderated mediation model of leadership self-efficacy, job demands, and job autonomy. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 733-743.

Optional Supplemental Reading (not required)

• Ayman, R., Chemers, M.M., & Fiedler, F. (1995). The contingency model of leadership effectiveness: Its levels of analysis. The Leadership Quarterly, 6,147-167.
• Fiedler, F.E., & Macaulay, J.L. (1998). The leadership situation: A missing factor in selecting and training managers. Human Resource Management Review, 8, 335-350.
• Fleishman, E.A., Mumford, M.D., Zaccaro, S.J., Levin, K.Y. et al. (1991). Taxonomic efforts in the description of leader behavior: A synthesis and functional interpretation. The Leadership Quarterly, 2, 245-287.
• Judge, T.A., Bono, J.E., Ilies, R., & Gerhardt, M.W. (2002). Personality and Leadership: A Qualitative and Quantitative Review. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 765-780.
• Judge, T.A., Piccolo, R.F., & Ilies, R. (2004). The forgotten ones? The validity of consideration and initiating structure in leadership research. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 36-51.
• Russell, C.J. (2001). A longitudinal study of top-level executive performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 560-573.
• Graeff, C.L. (1997). Evolution of situational leadership theory: A critical review. The Leadership Quarterly, 8, 153-170.
• Zaccaro, S. (2007). Trait-based perspectives of leadership. American Psychologist, 62, 6-16.