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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1939, psychologist Kurt Lewin led a study that identified three core styles of leadership, and outlined the effect that each style had on team members. His research also showed that leaders get different results when they lead their teams in different ways.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1939, psychologist Kurt Lewin and a team of researchers determined that there were three basic leadership styles: Authoritarian (Autocratic), Participative (Democratic) and Delegative (Laissez-Faire).

Detailed explanation-3: -Lewin’s study found that participative leadership, also known as democratic leadership, is typically the most effective leadership style. Democratic leaders offer guidance to group members, but they also participate in the group and allow input from other group members.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sparked by the 100th Anniversary of Kurt Lewin’s birth, this paper re-examines a classic 1939 study by Lewin, Lippitt, and White, of three leadership styles and the resulting different social climates, that is, autocratic, democratic, and laissez faire.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the 1930s, Kurt Lewin, the father of Social Psychology, produced groundbreaking work identifying three types of leaders: laissez-faire, authoritarian, and democratic. Since then, Lewin’s framework has influenced many subsequent perspectives on leadership.