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Leading Small

Groups:

Theoretical
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C H A P T E R 7

STUDY OBJECTIVES CENTRAL MESSAGE
As a result of studying Chapter 7, you should be able to: Small group leadership is an
1. Define the concepts of leadership, leader, designated and
emergent leaders. interactive phenomenon; it
2. Explain the five sources of interpersonal influence (power) in a results from, among other
group and how they are involved in small group leadership. things, communicative
3. Describe the process of leadership emergence.
4. Explain traits, styles, and function approaches to small group behaviors appropriate to
leadership and the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. group task and relational
5. Describe the unique focus of each contingency approach to
small group leadership. goals, other members’
6. Name and describe nine communicative competencies behaviors, and the context.
important for small group leaders.
7. Explain how leaders and members are interdependent, describe
the LMX model and transformational leadership.
8. Explain distributed leadership and why it is an appropriate model
for small, task-oriented groups.
9. Explain the “leader as completer” and its relationship to
distributed leadership.

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