Originators, Concepts and Chronology*
 
Originator(s) Concept(s) Date(s)
     
Confucius Value-based leadership 500 B.C.
     
Machiavelli Power and control 1532
     
Lewin, Lippitt & White Autocratic vs. democratic leadership 1939
Univ. Michigan Group1 Employee centered/production centered leadership; goal achievement and group maintenance functions; peer leadership; principle of supportive relationships 1940 on
     
McGregor Conditions for effective leadership 1944
     
Ohio State Group2 Membership maintenance, interaction facilitation; leadership style measurement - consideration and initiating structure; correlates of style 1945 on
     
Stogdill Personal factors associated with leadership 1948
     
McClelland Achievement motivation 1953
     
Katz Leadership skills 1955
     
McGregor Leadership and the nature of man 1957
     
Argyris Personality and organization conflict 1957
     
Tannenbaum and Schmidt Contingencies in choosing a leadership style 1958
     
French and Raven Leadership power bases 1959
     
Blake and Mouton The Managerial Grid 1964
     
Bowers and Seashore Four-factor theory of leadership 1966
     
Fiedler Contingency theory of leadership 1967
     
Hersey and Blanchard Life cycle theory of leadership 1969
     
Reddin 3-D theory of managerial effectiveness 1970
     
House Path goal theory of leadership 1971
     
Mintzberg Managerial roles 1973
     
Vroom and Yetton Leading decision-making contingency model 1973
     
Graen and Cashman Role-making and leader-member exchange 1975
     
McClelland Need for power 1975
     
Calder Attribution theory of leadership 1977
     
House Charismatic theory of leadership 1977
     
Zaleznik Leader - manager differences 1977
     
Salancik & Pfeffer Power contingencies 1977
     
Greenleaf Servant leadership 1977
     
Burns Transformational leadership 1978
     
Hofstede Role of culture in leadership 1980
     
Bolman & Deal Leadership frames 1984
     
Schein Leadership and organizational culture 1985
     
Bandura Self-efficacy, empowerment 1986
     
Deming Deming leadership method 1986
     
Kouzes and Posner Five practices of exemplary leadership 1987
     
Conger & Kanungo Empowerment contextual factors 1988
     
Gardner Nature and tasks of leadership 1990
     
Senge Personal mastery 1990
     
Stayer Employee leadership 1990
     
Kotter Leader vs. manager behaviors 1990
     
Covey Principle-centered leadership 1991
     
Kirkpatrick and Locke Key leadership traits 1991
     
Wheatley Leadership and self-organizing systems 1992
     
Kets de Vries Leadership mystique 1994
     
Goleman Emotional intelligence and leadership 1998
     
Buckingham and Coffman Leader behaviors and organization performance 1999
     
Drucker Self-management 1999
     
Maccoby Narcissism and leadership 2000
     
Collins Level 5 leadership 2001
     
Bennis and Thomas Crucibles of leadership 2002
     
Bossidy and Charan Leadership and execution 2002
     
Goldsmith Feedforward and leadership development 2002
     
George Authentic leadership 2003
     
     

* Please note that these are the originators of the concepts. In a few cases the original work is actually covered by a different author. Also, the dates above represent when the concept first appeared. In some cases the date of the article that follows may be later.

1. Bowers, Cartwright, Kahn, Katz, Likert, Maccoby, Mann, Morse, Seashore, Zander et al

2. Coons, Fleishman, Halpin, Harris, Hempill, Stogdill, Winer et al