MGMT 363 Chapter 14: Leadership Styles & Behaviors

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Management
• Course: MGMT 363
• Professor: Wesson L

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Leadership: the use of power and influence to direct the activities of followers toward goal achievement. When judging leader effe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e(cid:374)ess, (cid:862)(cid:449)ho(cid:373) do (cid:455)ou ask? (cid:863) Members of a given unit often disagree about how effective their leader is. Leader-member exchange theory: describes how leader-member relationships develop over time on a dyadic basis. Role taking phase: manager describes role expectations to an employee and the employee attempts to fulfill those expectations with their job behaviors. Role making phase: the employees own expectations for the dyad get mixed in with those of the leader. High quality exchange: frequent exchange of information, influence, latitude, support and attention. Higher levels of mutual trust, respect and obligation. Low quality exchange: limited exchange of information, influence, latitude, support and attention. 14. 2 what traits and characteristics are related to leader emergence and leader. There is no generalizable profile of effective leaders from a trait perspective.