Nursing Leadership Theories
*Early Leadership Theories:
‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ Trait theories Behavioral theories Contingency theories Situational theories
*Trait Theories
‡ Focused on leadership traits ‡ Assumes that a person must have certain innate abilities or personality traits in order to be a leader
**Trait theories:
‡ ³Great Man´ Theory ‡ Trait Theory ‡ Individual Character Theory
*Great Man Theory
‡ Assumes that the capacity for leadership is inherent, great leaders are born, not made. ‡ Often portray great leaders as heroic, mythic and destined to rise to leadership when needed. ‡ The term Grea
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