MGMT1135 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Job Satisfaction, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Studied the effect of leader behaviors in small groups. Leader underlines the personal aspects of work. Treats followers as unique, meets their personal needs. Followers are merely the tools for completing the work. As you have observed your department manager and her interactions with the department"s employees, you have come to believe in lmx theory. John has a relationship with the manager based on formal authority interactions. Jennifer gets a disproportionate amount of the manager"s attention and is more likely to receive special privileges. A theory that supports leaders" creation of in-groups and out-groups; subordinates with in-group status will have higher performance ratings, less turnover and greater job satisfaction. Ingroup members have demographic, attitude, and personality characteristics similar to those of their leaders or a higher level of competence than outgroup members. Even though the leader does the choosing, the follower"s characteristics drive the categorizing decision. If a leader"s main concern is accomplishing his or her group"s tasks, the.
