Critics towards Skill Approaches

The skill approach has also got some criticism:

  • Breadth of the skills approach appears to extend beyond the boundaries of leadership, making it more general/less precise
  • Weak in predictive value; does not explain how skills lead to effective leadership performance
  • Skills model includes individual attributes that are trait-like (Northouse, 2007, p. 55).

 

 

 

 

 

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Sirje Virkus, Tallinn University, 2009