Abstract
Leader and leadership are commonly conceptualised within behavioural domains with a wide variety of names and characteristics. Certain tools and measurements are associated with styles of leaders and leadership including some of the specific behavioural traits and characteristics associated with good leaders and leaderships. Currently, the focus of the studies are leaders and leadership on how leaders interact to accomplish organisational goals. This chapter deals with the theoretical definition of leader, leadership, and the theories related, focusing also to the similarities and differences between different models. In addition, this chapter looks at different leaderships styles with emphasizes on the characteristics of each.
Keywords: Behavioural, Leader, Leadership, Organisation, Theories.