Leadership Styles (Literature Review)

Literature Review

Instructions

For this assignment, you will conduct a literature review of the following leadership approaches.

Part I: 

Develop an introduction on the background of each leadership approach and the purpose of the chosen article.

1. Trait Leadership Approach – provide background information, and a description of this leadership style
2. Skills Leadership Theory – provide background information, and a description of this leadership style
3. Transformational Leadership Approach – provide background information, and a description of this leadership style

Part II: 

Analyze each of the seven (7) articles/sources provided, and describe the key themes that emerge across the seven selected articles.

Part III:

Synthesize the material and summarize the patterns of similarities and differences regarding how each of the authors has presented on the selected leadership approaches.

Part IV:

Based on your analysis of the literature, conclude by recommending a specific leadership approach that would be most effective for managing ethical behavior in a hospital/healthcare setting.  Be sure to justify your choice.

List of Articles 

Below is the list of articles to be used for this assignment.

• Teaching Implicit Leadership Theories to Develop Leaders and Leadership: How and Why It Can Make a Difference.

http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp?sch=auo&turl=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=67074182&site=ehost-live

• Leadership ethics at work: More than mere talk. http://web.b.ebscohost.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/ehost/detail/detail?sid=307e3c5b-b394-428f-87e8-9a30eb1ca9b8%40sessionmgr101&vid=0&hid=128&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=86952174&db=bth
• The utility of transactional and transformational leadership for predicting performance and satisfaction within a path-goal theory framework.

http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/docview/199372967?accountid=34899

• Character, Leadership, and the Healthcare Professions, http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ886798
• Assessing the influence of health literacy on health information behaviors: A multi-domain skills-based approach. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738399115301579
• Leadership and Organizational Success: An Examination of the Traits, Skills, and Transformational Approaches
• Transformational–transactional leadership and upward influence: The role of Relative Leader–Member Exchanges (RLMX) and Perceived Organizational Support (POS)

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1048984312001221