<P> Consideration and Initiating Structure are two dimensions of leader behavior identified in 1945 as a result of the Ohio State Leadership Studies . Reviews of research on these dimensions are in Ralph M. Stogdill (1974): Handbook of leadership: A survey of theory and research . New York, NY, US: Free Press; and Littrell, R.F. (2013). </P> <P> According to the findings of these studies, leaders exhibit two types of behaviors to facilitate goal accomplishment: </P> <Ul> <Li> People - oriented (consideration) </Li> <Li> Task oriented (initiating structure) </Li> </Ul> <Li> People - oriented (consideration) </Li>

Two main dimensions that the ohio state studies found on leadership