Exam 7: Leader Member Exchange Theory

You have been working at your job for over a year. Your boss starts offering you new assignments with weekly meetings in order to exchange valuable information regarding The tasks. The result is that you and your boss are able to redefine your working relationship and Find new ways of relating. According to the LMX theory, you are now in a _____ role.

Which researcher(s) measured the relationship between LMX and citizenship behaviors?

In the early stages of leader-member relationship development, leaders look for followers who exhibit all of the following except

I feel as though I do not fit into my new work group. To which strength of LMX does this apply?

Studies of LMX have concluded all but the following

The vertical dyadic relationship in LMX is established by

Later studies of LMX showed that high-quality relationships between leaders and subordinates produced less employee turnover.

Which leadership approach is not leader centered?

Which of the following is not a criticism of LMX?

Gerstner and Day's meta-analysis found

In LMX theory, leadership making suggests that leaders help everyone to be in the in-group.

During the mature partnership phase of leadership making, the roles are

LMX theory assumes that improved exchanges between leaders and followers are desirable. When might a follower not want "improved career-oriented social exchanges" with a leader?

The prescriptive nature of LMX

A problem with LMX theory is that it appears to be unrelated to positive organizational outcomes.

Which is not a strength of LMX?

LMX challenged the assumption that leaders treated followers in a collective way, as a group, using an average leadership style.

During the early phases of leadership making, a key predictor of relationship quality for both leaders and followers is follower performance.

LMX strength(s) is/are

When high-quality relationships occur between leaders and followers