Leadership and Teams – Conformity
Submit a critical essay that responds to the following questions:
- Does the desire to be accepted as a part of a group leave one susceptible to conforming to the group’s norms?
- Can a group exert pressure that’s strong enough to change a member’s attitudes and behavior?
- What can you use from this analysis to help you be a better manager?
Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:
- 3-4 pages in length (inclusive of APA formatted title page and Reference Page)
- Formatted according to APA Standards. Please visit the CSULB Style Manual and Citation Methods
- Contain a minimum of two scholarly sources, at least one of which is not provided in, or linked from, the course. The CSULB Library is a great place to find these scholarly sources!
Write clearly and logically, as you will be graded on content, analysis, and your adherence to the tenets of good academic writing, which should be succinct where possible while also exploring the topics appropriately. Remember that you can always improve your work by providing support from outside scholarly sources, which help both to bolster your own assertions and supplement your ideas.
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Introduction
According to Yukl (2013), leadership is referred to as the ability of an individual to influence others. Effective leadership is the instrumental tool for achieving the organizational goals and objectives efficiently. It’s the role of a leader to impact the ability of the followers to conform towards the group. The group norms should not be intimidating but somewhat accommodative. The conformity of the members should be enhanced through stipulating rules and regulations that they should be followed within the organization.
Conformity
It’s quite normal that a group is made up of individuals with different opinions and behaviors. However, the individual members adjust their actions and attitude towards those of a group which favors all of them, and this condition is referred to as conformity. It’s the human desire to be accepted and liked by others. This behavior makes people conform to other thinking and characteristics. According to Tang, Wu, and Sun, (2013, August),…
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