Leadership - Leader-Member Exchange
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What is leader-membership exchange (LMX)?
- How well does your leader recognize your potential?
- How well does your leader understand your job problems and needs?
The LMX model has shown that in a relatively short period of time, leaders decide who is in their “in-group” and who is in their “out-group.”
What is the difference between the in-group and out-group?
- These are the leader’s “go to” people in a work group
- They are dependable, trustworthy, and assist the leader in reaching his or her goals
- They get more responsibility, receive better performance evaluations, higher salary increases and are promoted at a rate faster than their peers
Out-group;
- Out-group members are not poor performers.
- Out-group members perform to the specifications in their job descriptions but
- don’t go above and beyond
- don’t take on extra work.
- Get less responsibility, receive lesser performance rating, etc.
How do effective LMX relationships develop?
- boss tests the commitment of followers by offering extra work in exchange for benefits
2. Role-making;
- mutual expectations established
- follower’s role clarified
3. Role-routinization;
- roles become predictable
- leader and follower both know what to expect
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Why is a positive working relationship with your boss important?
What are follower reactions to authority?
Overdependent - Compliant and give in all the time.
Interdependent - Depend on one another to get things done in the group and organisation.
What is the self serving bias?
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