TY - JOUR
AU - Williams,, Virgil
AB - Abstract Several recent studies as well as theoretical writings indicate the fruitfulness of conceptualizing leadership as associated with differentiation of roles based on functional problems. Findings of a field study of a small social system are reported as to its types of leaders and role structure. While the findings are similar to those reported by others, there are significant departures. The most important difference is in association with the system problem of goal-attainment. The data indicate that system problems are not in themselves sufficient to predict the pattern of role differentiation or the types of leadership which occur in all social systems. * This paper is based on data collected for a Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the Department of Sociology of The University of Texas, June, 1960. An earlier version was read at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Sacramento. California, April 7, 1962. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 1965, University of North Carolina Press
TI - Leadership Types, Role Differentiation, and System Problems
JF - Social Forces
DO - 10.2307/2574768
DA - 1965-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/leadership-types-role-differentiation-and-system-problems-e253ZVMiit
SP - 380
EP - 389
VL - 43
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -