Management
2016-05-13 This paper is devoted to the research on the leadership theories. As we know, leadership can be considered as a kind of power. Mandatory condition of leadership is the possession of power in specific formal or informal institutions. Many researchers have studied leadership as a social and psychological phenomenon from different points of view, highlighting a particular aspect of it. There are many leadership theories, from which five theories are described in this paper. One of them is the great man theory. Its main traits are the following: leaders are born, when there is a need of the ...