The Forgotten Ones? The Validity of Consideration and Initiating Structure in Leadership Research.
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Applied Psychology
- Vol. 89 (1), 36-51
- https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.89.1.36
Abstract
This study provided a meta-analysis of the relationship of the Ohio State leadership behaviors-Consideration and Initiating Structure-with leadership. Overall, 163 independent correlations for Consideration and 159 correlations for Initiating Structure were analyzed. Results revealed that both Consideration (.48) and Initiating Structure (.29) have moderately strong, nonzero relations with leadership outcomes. Consideration was more strongly related to follower satisfaction (leader satisfaction, job satisfaction), motivation, and leader effectiveness, and Initiating Structure was slightly more strongly related to leader job performance and group-organization performance. Validities did vary by leadership measure, but in most cases validities generalized regardless of the measure used. Overall, the results provide important support for the validity of Initiating Structure and Consideration in leadership research.Keywords
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