COMM 251 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Work Unit, Transactional Leadership
Document Summary
Use of power and influence to direct the activities of followers toward goal achievement. Theory describing how leader-member relationships develop over time on a dyadic basis. Phase in a leader-follower relationship when a leader provides an employee with job expectations and the follower tries to meet those expectations. Phase in leader-follower relationship when a follower voices his or her own expectations for the relationship, resulting in a free-flowing exchange of opportunities and resources for activities and effort. Degree to which the leaders actions result in the achievement of the units goals, the continued commitment of the unit"s employees, and the development of mutual trust, respect and obligation in leader-member dyads. Process of becoming a leader in the first place. Leadership style where the leader makes the decision alone without asking the opinions or suggestions of the employees in the work unit.
