Comparison Matrix Assignment

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Three Different Looks At Leadership Effectiveness Chad E. Donley Grand Canyon University: LDR-802 4/10/2013 Comparison Matrix Paper Leadership is what moves the world. Leadership is much more than just a position; it is a process and the building of relationships among people. Leadership is a profoundly significant experience that can dramatically impact the conduct and quality of one’s life (Jackson & Parry, 2011). Therefore, the pursuit to explore and examine effective leadership is paramount. This paper seeks to compare and examine three articles containing three empirical studies on three very different aspects in this pursuit to explore and understand effective leadership. Article one written by Bahreinian, Ahi and Soltani (2012), entitled: “The Relationship Between Personality Type and Leadership Style of Managers: A Case Study,” is a study of the psychodynamic approach to leadership style. The authors purpose to survey the results of the personality characteristics of managers on their style of leadership. Pearse (2011) is the author of the second article, “Effective strategic leadership: Balancing roles during church transitions.” This empirical study explores style approach and transformational leadership. This article is much more specific than the first article in that the author is examining leadership effectiveness during times of transition and within a very specific context – the church (unlike Bahreinian et al (2012) who studied the personality types of leaders in an industrial group). The third article was a referenced work in study by Bahreinian et al. (2012) and was entitled: “An Exploratory Study of Organizational Values with a Focus on People Orientation” and authored by Sharon E. Beatty (1988). This study looks more at the strategic approach to leadership and the author attempts to identify how to help leaders and
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