Motivation and emotion/Book/2024/Power motivation and leadership

Power motivation and leadership:
How does power motivation influence leadership styles and effectiveness?

Multimedia presentation (3 min)

Overview

Figure 1. Explore the topic, then brainstorm a structure. The Overview should start with an engaging scenario or case study which illustrates the problem and engages reader interest. Ideally, also include an image (e.g., see Figure 1). Present the scenario in a feature box. The feature box colour can be changed.

Key Concepts and Importance:

• Power Motivation: The desire to control or influence others is a fundamental aspect of leadership. It can drive leaders to achieve great success, but if unchecked, it can also lead to negative outcomes.
• Leadership Styles: The way a leader's power motivation manifests can determine their leadership style, from authoritarian to transformational, each having distinct impacts on team dynamics and organizational effectiveness.
• Impact on Effectiveness: Understanding the role of power motivation is crucial in predicting and improving leadership effectiveness. Leaders who can balance their desire for power with empathy and inclusiveness tend to foster healthier, more productive work environments.

Suggestions for this section: Engage the reader with a scenario, example, or case study, and an accompanying image Explain the problem and why it is important Outline how psychological science can help Present focus questions

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Focus questions: Break the problem (i.e., the sub-title) down into three to five focus questions. Focus questions can also be used as top-level headings. What is power motivation, and how does it manifest in leadership? How does power motivation influence different leadership styles? What impact does power motivation have on leadership effectiveness? Can power motivation contribute to both positive and negative leadership outcomes? How can leaders balance power motivation with other leadership qualities to enhance effectiveness?

Focus Questions

• What is power motivation, and how does it manifest in leadership?
• How does power motivation influence different leadership styles?
• What impact does power motivation have on leadership effectiveness?
• Can power motivation contribute to both positive and negative leadership outcomes?
• How can leaders balance power motivation with other leadership qualities to enhance effectiveness?

Conclusion

• The Conclusion is arguably the most important section
• Suggested word count: 150 to 330 words
• It should be possible for someone to only read the Overview and the Conclusion and still get a pretty good idea of the problem and what is known based on psychological science

Suggestions for this section: What is the answer to the sub-title question based on psychological theory and research? What are the answers to the focus questions? What are the practical, take-home messages? (Even for the topic development, have a go at the likely take-home message)

See also

Provide internal (wiki) links to the most relevant Wikiversity pages (esp. related motivation and emotion book chapters) and Wikipedia articles. Use these formats:

• Light triad (Book chapter, 2021)
• Collaborative authoring using wiki (Wikiversity)
• Self determination theory (Wikipedia)

Suggestions for this section: Present in alphabetical order Use sentence casing Include the source in parentheses

References

List cited references in APA style (7th ed.) or wiki style.

APA style example:

Rosenberg, B. D., & Siegel, J. T. (2018). A 50-year review of psychological reactance theory: Do not read this article. Motivation Science, 4(4), 281–300. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000091

Sammarris. (2013). Motivation and emotion/book/2013/power motivation. Wikiversity. https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Book/2013/Power_motivation

Suggestions for this section: Important aspects of APA style for references include: Wrap the set of references in the hanging indent template. Use "Edit source": {{Hanging indent|1= the full list of references}} Author surname, followed by a comma, then the author initials separated by full stops and spaces Year of publication in parentheses Title of work in lower case except first letter and proper names, ending in a full-stop Journal title in italics, volume number in italics, issue number in parentheses, first and last page numbers separated by an en-dash(–), followed by a full-stop Provide the full doi as a URL and working hyperlink The most common mistakes include: Incorrect capitalisation Incorrect italicisation Citing sources that weren't read or consulted

External links

Provide external links to highly relevant resources such as presentations, news articles, and professional sites. Use sentence casing. For example:

• Six top tips for writing a great essay (University of Melbourne)
• The importance of structure (skillsyouneed.com)

Suggestions for this section: Only select links to major external resources about the topic Present in alphabetical order Include the source in parentheses after the link