Leadership: University Studies
When people think of the University of Michigan and The Ohio State University they tend to think about football. However, both of these universities have also done studies on leadership from the 1930’s to 1950’s (Tucker 224). The University of Michigan studies from this time resulted in a one dimensional leadership model in which on one end of the spectrum there is job-centeredness, the extent in which a leader takes charge of getting a job done, on the other end of the spectrum there is employee-centeredness, leaders who place emphasis on building relationships instead of simply on getting a job done. The Ohio State University study of the time resulted in a two dimensional model with a consideration axis, essentially the same as employee-centeredness from the University of Michigan study, and a initiating structure axis, essentially the job-centeredness from the University of Michigan study. The overall result of these studies has influenced business and influenced phrases such as, "A happy worker is a productive worker."
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