Sociology Assignment: Leader Relationships

THE LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE (LMX) THEORY ENCOURAGES LEADERS TO BE RESPECTFUL TO SUBORDINATES AND TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL SUBORDINATES FOR A FAIR AND EQUITABLE WORKING ENVIRONMENT. TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ENCOURAGES LEADERS TO BE AWARE OF THEIR OWN BEHAVIOR IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH SUBORDINATES. SO, TOGETHER, THESE THEORIES MIGHT MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON HOW A LEADER AND THE LEADER’S SUBORDINATES UNITE AS A TEAM TO CREATE A HEALTHY WORKING ENVIRONMENT.

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TO PREPARE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT, GO TO THE “LMX 7 QUESTIONNAIRE” AND THE “SAMPLE ITEMS FROM THE MULTIFACTOR LEADERSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE (MLQ) FORM 5X-SHORT” OF THE COURSE TEXT,LEADERSHIP: THEORY AND PRACTICE. TAKE EACH SURVEY AND BE AS HONEST AND OBJECTIVE AS YOU CAN.

WRITE A2- TO 3-PAGEPAPER DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE “LMX 7 QUESTIONNAIRE” AND THE “SAMPLE ITEMS FROM THE MULTIFACTOR LEADERSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE (MLQ) FORM 5X-SHORT.” ANALYZE HOW YOUR RESPONSES TO BOTH QUESTIONNAIRES INDICATE YOUR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY. DESCRIBE ANY QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS THAT MAY HAVE SURPRISED YOU. ANALYZE THE IMPACT THAT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LEADERSHIP-MEMBER EXCHANGE THEORY AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP MIGHT HAVE ON YOUR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP STYLE. EXPLAIN HOW THESE CHARACTERISTICS MIGHT HELP YOU BECOME A MORE EFFECTIVE LEADER.

READINGS

• Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks: CA: Sage Publications.
  • Chapter 7, “Leader-Member Exchange Theory” (pp. 137-159)
  • Chapter 8, “Transformational Leadership” (pp. 161-193)
• Guan, K., Luo, Z., & Peng, J., Wang, Z., Sun, H., & Qiu, C. (2013). Team networks and team identification: The role of leader-member exchange.Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 41(7), 1115–1124.
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• Omilion-Hodges, L. M., & Baker, C. R. (2012). Contextualizing LMX within the workgroup: The effects of LMX and justice on relationship quality and resource sharing among peers.The Leadership Quarterly, 24(6), 935–951.
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• Richards, D. A., & Hackett, R. D. (2012). Attachment and emotion regulation: Compensatory interactions and leader-member exchange.The Leadership Quarterly, 23(4), 686–701.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.