Leadership Styles: An Article Review and Comparative Analysis

This report provides a detailed review of two articles focusing on leadership styles and their impact on organizational effectiveness. The first article, by Hoffman et al. (2011), investigates the relationship between individual differences and leader effectiveness through a quantitative review, emphasizing the significance of trait-like leadership styles. The study utilizes meta-analysis to analyze the impact of individual characteristics on leadership. The second article, by Muir (2014), examines the development of leadership identity through mentoring, highlighting the influence of surroundings, including family, peers, and superiors, on leadership qualities. Muir's study employs a case study approach, emphasizing the importance of mentoring in shaping leadership skills and identity. The report concludes that effective leadership development is influenced by both individual traits and environmental factors, advocating for the significance of mentoring in fostering leadership qualities within organizations.

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ABSTRACT
The following essay deals with the relationship of the concerned managers and the other
leaders within the organisation and the various differences that exist within the individuals. The
article aims to discuss the relationships that are shared by the concerned managers and the other
leaders within the organisation and the various differences that exist within the individuals. The
leadership of the concerned organisation is dependent on the relationship that is shared by the
concerned individual and the superior authorities within the given organisation.

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Introduction
The leadership styles of an individual refer to the matters that are related to the ways in
which the concerned person might aim to lead the other employees of the organisation or the
surrounding members of the give society. The leadership styles within the organisation might
relate to the relationships that are shared by the concerned managers and the other leaders within
the organisation and the various differences that exist within the individuals. The following essay
aims to review two articles that discuss the relationship among the various leadership styles
within the given organisation.
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Article 1
Hoffman et al. (2011) in the article entitled “Great man or great myth? A quantitative
review of the relationship between individual differences and leader effectiveness” attempts a
discussion on the matters that are related to the effective leadership within the given
organizations. The article further discusses the various factors that might pose to be the reason
behind the differences that help to distinguish the effective leaders from the ineffective ones. The
other factors that have been discussed within the given article is the fact that the attitude that are
depicted by the concerned leaders within the organisation. The authors within the article tend to
discuss the matters that are related to the complexity within the given matters that are related to
the frameworks within the concerned organisation. The other factors that have been discussed
within the concerned article aims to argue on the matters that pertain to the elucidation of the
various attributes that are depicted by the concerned leader. The article in discussion aims to

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shed light on the matters that are related to the differences that exist within the given individuals
who have been related to the concerned company in discussion.
The article in discussion aims to deal with the discussion on the fact that the modern
research on the leadership theories tends to be dependent on the matters that bear the relevance to
the various individual characteristics that might influence the matters of the leadership within the
given organisation. The major difference in the matters that pertain to the leadership qualities
that are demonstrated by the concerned organisation relates to the belief on the fact that the
concerned characteristics that are related to the stability of the concerned characteristics that are
depicted by the given concern (Hoffman et al. 2011). The concerned study also depicts the major
factors that have been used to deal with the meta-analysis on the factors related to the differences
in the matters that have been dealing with the role of individuals in the effectiveness of the
leadership that is depicted by the concerned organizational leader. The article aims to discuss the
relationships that are shared by the concerned managers and the other leaders within the
organisation and the various differences that exist within the individuals. The article attempts a
meta-analysis of the various differences within the given individuals and the concerned
organisation. The article further aims to state that the leadership traits that are depicted by the
concerned leader are generally aligned with the matters that are related to the concerned
organisation.
The article also discusses the various frameworks that are related to the differences in the
attitudes as described by the concerned leaders. The major difference in the matters that pertain
to the leadership qualities that are demonstrated by the concerned organisation relates to the
belief on the fact that the concerned characteristics that are related to the stability of the
concerned characteristics that are depicted by the given concern. The concerned study also

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depicts the major factors that have been used to deal with the meta-analysis on the factors related
to the differences in the matters that have been dealing with the role of individuals in the
effectiveness of the leadership that is depicted by the concerned organizational leader. The article
aims to discuss the relationships that are shared by the concerned managers and the other leaders
within the organisation and the various differences that exist within the individuals.
The concerned article in discussion tends to analyze the data collected through the
literature review on the concerned subject through the meta-analysis of the concerned data. The
data for the article was collected through a vast research that was conducted on over 1846
articles that discussed the issues. The article thereafter depicted the use of the Raju, Burke,
Normand, and Langlois (1991) method in order to analyze the collected data (Hoffman et al.
2011). The analysis of eh data reveals the fact that both the state-like differences as well as the
trait-like differences that exist within the given organizational leaders tend to help in the matters
that are related to the effectiveness of the organizational leadership. The results of the study
reveal the fact that the concerned trait-like leadership styles are more effective in the matters that
are related to the effectiveness in the leadership than the state-like differences within the traits of
the individual. The study further states that the trait-like leadership styles are linked to the
effectiveness in the leadership style in a more direct manner than the state-like differences within
the traits of the individual (Hoffman et al. 2011). The major difference in the matters that pertain
to the leadership qualities that are demonstrated by the concerned organisation relates to the
belief on the fact that the concerned characteristics that are related to the stability of the
concerned characteristics that are depicted by the given concern.
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Muir, (2014) in the article entitled “Mentoring and leader identity development: A case
study” attempts a discussion on the matters that pertain to the acquiring of the leadership identity
and the development of the same among the employees of the organisation who have been
serving at the various hierarchical orders within the organisation. The other factors that have
been discussed within the given article is the fact that the attitude that are depicted by the
concerned leaders within the organisation. The author within the article tends to discuss the
matters that are related to the complexity within the given matters that are related to the
frameworks within the concerned organisation. The other factors that have been discussed within
the concerned article aims to discuss the matters that pertain to the elucidation of the various
attributes that are depicted by the concerned leader. The author in the article tends to discuss the
matters that pertain to the development of the identity of the leader with the due course of time.
The author of the article tends to state the fact that the development of the leadership
qualities within the individual is a continuation process. The article tends to discuss the fact that
the concerned individual aims to discuss the development of the leadership processes within the
psyche of the individual tends to be influenced by the surroundings wherein the concerned
person have been operating. The surroundings might include the factors like the family of the
individual, the peer group as well as the various superiors whom they might encounter within the
course of time (Muir, 2014). The other factors that are related to the leadership within the given
organisation tend to focus majorly on the matters that pertain to the building of the skills and the
other interventions within the given organisation (Muir, 2014). These factors are generally
known to be affecting the matters that pertain to the creation as well as the development of the
identity of the given leader. The authors tend to discuss the factors that are related to the

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development of the various matters that pertain to the skills of leadership within the given
participants.
The programs for the leadership development that might be implemented on the
concerned individuals tend to include the factors that are related to the mentoring of the
concerned employees as a part of the formal measures within the given organisation. This might
help in the matters that pertain to the development of the various qualities that are related to the
leadership within the concerned organisation. The article tends to discuss the fact that the
concerned individual aims to discuss the development of the leadership processes within the
psyche of the individual tends to be influenced by the surroundings wherein the concerned
person have been operating (Muir, 2014). The surroundings might include the factors like the
family of the individual, the peer group as well as the various superiors whom they might
encounter within the course of time. The leadership qualities as depicted by the concerned
individual might be influenced by the mentoring activities that might be implemented on the
individual by the concerned superiors of the person. This is known to help the concerned
employee to depict the necessary skills that are needed to essay the leadership roles within the
given organisation (Muir, 2014). The other factors that are related to the leadership within the
given organisation tend to focus majorly on the matters that pertain to the building of the skills
and the other interventions within the given organisation.
The study that was conducted by Muir (2014) tends to discuss the two key theories in the
matters that pertain to the implementation of the formal mentoring of the concerned workforce of
the organisation. The two major theories that assisted in the shaping of the theoretical framework
within the concern are the identity theory and constructivism paradigm. These factors tend to
discuss the matters that are related to the influential within the fields of the adult learning within

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the concerned organisation. The identity theory deals with the matters that the sociological
factors that are related to the study of the various smaller groups and the units within the
organisation as well as the society at large. The article is composed using the case study
approach. The article was composed on the basis of the data that was collected by the interviews
that were conducted on three cohorts. These cohorts were inclusive of 14 to 16 leaders who
belonged to six different parishes located at a single area (Muir, 2014). The article concludes on
the note that the discovery of the identity of the leader and the partnership with the concerned
mentor is important in the development of the leadership within the given organisation. The
article however, faces limitations. The major limitation of the study is related to the fact that the
behavioral patterns can only be described but not be explained.
Conclusion
Thus, from the above discussion it might be pointed out that the leadership qualities as
depicted within the organisation are related to the improvement within the given organisation.
The development of the leadership processes within the psyche of the individual tends to be
influenced by the surroundings wherein the concerned person has been operating. The
surroundings might include the factors like the family of the individual, the peer group as well as
the various superiors whom they might encounter within the course of time. These factors are
generally known to be affecting the creation as well as the development of the identity of the
given leader.

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References
Hoffman, B. J., Woehr, D. J., Maldagen‐Youngjohn, R., & Lyons, B. D. (2011). Great man or
great myth? A quantitative review of the relationship between individual differences and
leader effectiveness. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 84(2),
347-381.
Muir, D. (2014). Mentoring and leader identity development: A case study. Human resource
development quarterly, 25(3), 349-379.