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Please sit with


your small group.

Leader-Member
Exchange Theory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFHg_EG-MB0

Leader-Member
Relationship
Three Stages:

Role Taking
Role Making
o In Group
o Out Group
Routinization

Mona Lisa Smile


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2RqJIXFpYw

Strengths
Focuses on importance of
relationship, central to effective
leadership
Focuses on importance of
communication in leadership and
relationship building
Real world application, encourages
selection of high productivity
group (to those who are in)
Illustrates importance of

Critiques
Suggests support of unfair practices,

encouraging nepotism
Doesnt challenge confirmation bias in
managers perspectives of subordinates, can
keep people in boxes
Doesnt account for other dynamics that
contribute to in/out group performance
Encourages people to manage-up
Questions exist around measurement studies

Real Life Applications

Questions ?

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