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Author: | Howell, J. P. Bowen, D. E. Dorfman, P. W. |
Title: | Substitutes for leadership: effective alternatives to ineffective leadership |
Journal: | Organizational Dynamics
1990 : SUMMER, VOL. 19:1, p. 20-38 |
Index terms: | LEADERSHIP MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVENESS EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION TRAINING MANAGEMENT APPRAISAL |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | A new strategy for dealing with leadership problems - substitutes for leadership - may be more effective in situations in which a leader is not the main source of the problem or in which conventional remedies are too expensive, too time-consuming, or politically unfeasible. Several types of leadership substitutes are described and analyzed: informal guidance of an employee; influence vacuum caused by an employee who can be seen as a "neutralizer"; an employee who amplifies a leader's influence technically is not a substitute but rather the flip side of a neutralizer. These substitutes may be better than replacing a problematic leader, training or caching him or trying to improve the situation in its totality. |
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