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Welcome Back!: Please Sit With Your Small Group
Welcome Back!: 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
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
Questions ?